6Recognised medical need for heating or cooling of residential premises

6 Recognised medical need for heating or cooling of residential premises

(1)  For the purposes of clause 5 , a person has a recognised medical need for the premises in which the person resides to be heated or cooled if there is, in relation to the person, a relevant current medical certification.

(2)  [Clause 6 Subclause (2) omitted by S.R. 2019, No. 45, Applied:28 Jun 2019] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(3)  [Clause 6 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 45, Applied:28 Jun 2019] There is, in relation to a person, a relevant current medical certification if the medical practitioner treating the person has specified in an application form, referred to in clause 5(4) , that relates to the medical condition of the person, that, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, the person is unable to self-regulate his or her body temperature because he or she –

(a) has a prescribed medical condition; or

(b) exhibits one of the primary qualifying medical conditions and one of the secondary qualifying medical conditions.

(4)  [Clause 6 Subclause (4) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 45, Applied:28 Jun 2019] The treating medical practitioner in relation to a person to whom a medical condition referred to in an application referred to in clause 5(4) relates must be a medical practitioner who has been treating the person for the medical condition to which the application relates for at least 3 months before the date on which the medical practitioner has completed and signed the relevant part of the application form referred to in clause 5(4)(b) .

(5)  The prescribed medical conditions are the following:

(a) multiple sclerosis;

(b) lymphoedema;

(c) Parkinson's disease;

(d) fibromyalgia;

(e) motor neurone disease;