Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 13/293)
Character Range: 1699347–1704976

a home which Defence Housing Australia makes available as a reasonable offer of a Service residence.
   Defence establishment means a Commonwealth site managed by the Department of Defence.
   Market rent means rent based on the assessed value of the Service residence.
   Market-rent-based classification means the system for classifying a Service residence based on a combination of the minimum housing standard and market rent.
   Suitable Service residence has the same meaning given in section 7.6.4.
   Surplus Service residence means those Service residences that are surplus to Defence Housing Australia's needs and meet both the following.
   a.                                                                                                                                                               No member who is eligible under section 7.6.28 requires the residence.
   b.                                                                                                                                                               There is no plan for a member who is eligible under Section 7.6.28 to use the residence in the next 12 months.

Division 2: Suitable Service residence

7.6.4 Suitable Service residence

1.  A home is a suitable Service residence for a member if the CDF considers that it meets all these conditions.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                     It is available to the member within either of these periods.
    i.                                                                                                                                                                     Six weeks after they arrive at the housing benefit location or family benefit location.
    ii.                                                                                                                                                                    A longer period that the CDF considers reasonable.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                     It meets all of the following.
    i.                                                                                                                                                                     It is at the member's housing benefit location or family benefit location.
    ii.                                                                                                                                                                    It has the classification listed for the member's rank group in the table at section 7.6.13. or it is a rent band choice home that the member has accepted under Division 5.
    iii.                                                                                                                                                                   It has the number of bedrooms a member and their resident family and recognised other persons need to live in.
2.  In assessing whether a Service residence is suitable for a member, the CDF must take account of any other factor relevant to the member's accommodation requirements.
3.  The CDF may decide that a smaller home is suitable in these cases.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                     There are exceptional reasons.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                     The member has chosen the smaller home.

7.6.6 Members with special needs resident family or recognised other persons

1.  A member who has resident family, or recognised other persons, with special needs may need a Service residence to be modified.
2.  The CDF may decide that a Service residence is not suitable and cannot be modified to meet the special needs of a member's resident family or recognised other persons. The CDF must consider these criteria.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                              The nature of the special needs.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                              The availability of suitable alternative accommodation.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                              The cost of modifications to the Service residence.
    d.                                                                                                                                                                                                              The cost to restore the Service residence to its original condition when the member vacates.
    e.                                                                                                                                                                                                              Whether the modifications are permitted by the property owner and any relevant body corporate.

7.6.7 Member with large