6Definition of homeless

6 Definition of homeless

(1) A person is homeless if: (a) the person does not have conventional accommodation; or (b) the person moves frequently from one form of temporary shelter to another.

Note 1: For example, paragraph (a) covers persons living on the streets, sleeping in parks, squatting in derelict buildings or using cars or railway carriages for temporary shelter.

Note 2: For example, paragraph (b) covers persons using emergency accommodation (such as hostels for the homeless or night shelters), teenagers staying in youth refuges, and women and children escaping domestic violence (staying in women’s refuges).

(2) For the purposes of this instrument, a person is not homeless if the person is a care recipient of residential care within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997.