6Meaning of eligible person

6 Meaning of eligible person

(1)  Homes Tasmania may determine –

(a) that a person is an eligible person; or

(b) a class of persons, the members of which are to be eligible persons by virtue of the determination.

(2)  Homes Tasmania may only make a determination under subsection (1) in relation to a person, or a class of persons, if Homes Tasmania is satisfied that the person, or a member of the class of persons, is, or will be, in need of housing assistance under this Act because of particular circumstances or characteristics of –

(a) the person or member of the class of persons (in this section referred to as the assisted person); or

(b) another person, or a member of another class of persons, (in this section referred to as the associated person) with whom the person or member of a class of persons resides or is to reside.

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (2) , Homes Tasmania must, in determining whether an assisted person is, or will be, in need of housing assistance, take into account the following:

(a) whether the assisted person, or any associated person, is reasonably likely to be able to obtain accommodation that will meet the reasonable accommodation requirements of the assisted person or the associated person only if the housing assistance is provided to the assisted person;

(b) the health needs, or mobility needs, of the assisted person or any associated person;

(c) the safety of the assisted person or any associated person.

(4)  Nothing in subsection (3) is to be taken to limit the circumstances or characteristics, of a person or member of a class, that Homes Tasmania may take into account in deciding whether to make a determination under subsection (2) in relation to a person or a class of persons.

(5)  Homes Tasmania may, by notice to a person, require a person to provide to Homes Tasmania, within a period specified in the notice –