8Value of health insurance benefits

8 Value of health insurance benefits

The value of a health insurance benefit is the amount of the payment that constitutes the health insurance benefit.

Part 4 Housing Benefits

Division 1 What is a housing benefit?

9 Definitions

census population, in relation to an urban centre, means the census count on an actual location basis of the population of the urban centre specified in the results of the Census of Population and Housing taken by the Australian Statistician on 30 June 1981 that were published by the Australian Statistician in the document entitled ‘Persons and Dwellings in Local Government Areas and Urban Centres’.

disadvantaged person means a person who is intellectually, psychiatrically, or physically handicapped.

eligible urban area means:

(a) an area that:

(i) is situated in an area described in Schedule 2 to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; and

(ii) is an urban centre with a census population of 28,000 or more; or

(b) another area that is an urban centre with a census population of 14,000 or more.

Note See paragraph 12 (7) (c).

housing right, in relation to a person, means a lease or licence granted to the person to occupy or use a unit of accommodation, to the extent that the lease or licence is in force when the unit of accommodation is the person’s usual place of residence.

mature person means a person who has reached the age of 60 years.

residential premises means a house or hostel used exclusively for the provision of residential accommodation to:

(a) mature persons or disadvantaged persons and dependent children of mature persons or disadvantaged persons; and

(b) persons the duties of whose employment consist of, or consist principally of, caring for persons referred to in paragraph (a); and

(c) partners and children of persons referred to in paragraph (b).

surface route means a route between 2 places that is not an air route.

unit of accommodation includes:

(a) a house, flat or home unit; and

(b) accommodation in a house, flat or home unit; and

(c) accommodation in a hotel, hostel, motel or guesthouse; and

(d) accommodation in a bunkhouse or other living quarters; and