86Priority category decisions

86  Priority category decisions

 (1) If the System Governor is given a prioritisation report for an individual for a classification type for a service group under section 85, the System Governor must establish a priority category for the individual for the classification type for the service group in accordance with any criteria, methods or procedures prescribed by the rules for the purposes of section 87.

 (3) A decision under subsection (1) must be made within the period prescribed by the rules.

 (4) Despite subsection (1), the System Governor is not required to make a decision under that subsection in relation to a service group if the System Governor decides not to approve, under subsection 65(2), the classification type for the service group for the individual.

Requirements for classification type ongoing for the service group residential care

 (5) If the prioritisation report given to the System Governor under section 85 is for the classification type ongoing for the service group residential care, the System Governor must:

 (a) assign the individual priority category 1 if:

 (i) the individual has an urgency rating of high; or

 (ii) the individual resides in an area prescribed by the rules; or

 (iii) the individual is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, homeless, or in a class of persons prescribed by the rules; or

 (b) assign the individual priority category 2 if:

 (i) the individual is not an individual to whom subparagraph (a)(ii) or (iii) applies; and

 (ii) the individual has an urgency rating of medium; or

 (c) assign the individual priority category 3 if:

 (i) the individual is not an individual to whom subparagraph (a)(ii) or (iii) applies; and

 (ii) the individual has an urgency rating of low.