Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01227:clause:1_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01227
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6
Character Range: 2087–4281

6  Class of persons
 (1) For subsection 43(3A) of the Act, the class of persons who meet all of the following criteria is specified:
 (a) the person is an Australian resident living in Australia;
 (b) the person is receiving one of the social security periodic payments mentioned in subsection (2);
 (c) the person would benefit from having their social security periodic payment paid as described in subsection 43(3A) of the Act, including in the circumstances specified in subsection (3);
 (d) the person has requested the Secretary that they be paid their social security periodic payment in accordance with subsection 43(3A) of the Act and the person has not revoked that request.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the social security periodic payments are:
 (a) age pension;
 (b) disability support pension;
 (c) carer payment;
 (d) special benefit;
 (e) widow allowance;
 (f) parenting payment;
 (g) youth allowance;
 (h) austudy payment;
 (i) partner allowance;
 (j) jobseeker payment.
 (3) A person is taken to benefit from having their social security payment paid in accordance with subsection 43(3A) of the Act if:
 (a) the person does not have access to safe, secure and adequate housing, including in the circumstances specified in subsection (4); or
 (b) the person is using emergency accommodation or is a refugee; or
 (c) the person is financially vulnerable and significantly disadvantaged.
 (4) A person is taken not to have access to safe, secure and adequate housing if:
 (a) the housing to which the person currently has access:
 (i) damages, or is likely to damage, the person's health; or
 (ii) threatens or is likely to threaten the person's safety; or
 (iii) does not provide the person with access to a reasonably level of personal amenities or the economic and social support that housing normally affords; or
 (b) in the circumstances, the adequacy, safety, security, or affordability of the housing to which the person currently has access is adversely affected or may be adversely affected; or
 (c) the person does not have a right to remain, or a reasonable expectation of being able to remain, in the housing to which the person currently has access.