Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANCE ACT 1994 - SECT 13

Services

             (1)  A form of agreement specified in an instrument under section 6 may deal with:

                     (a)  services provided generally to people who are homeless; or

                     (b)  services provided to meet the special needs of people who are homeless and who belong to any of the following groups:

                              (i)  women;

                             (ii)  women and accompanying children;

                            (iii)  independent young people above the school-leaving age for the State concerned;

                            (iv)  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;

                             (v)  people from non-English speaking backgrounds;

                            (vi)  families;

                           (vii)  single men;

                           (viii)  single women;

                            (ix)  any other group specified in writing by the Minister and the State Minister of each participating State.

Gazettal of specified group

             (2)  If a group is specified under subparagraph (1)(b)(ix), the Minister must cause a copy of the specification to be published in the Gazette .