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sch.44-sec.4What is an eligible home
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### sch.44-sec.4 What is an eligible home
A home is an eligible home if—
the home is a house, townhouse, unit, granny flat or manufactured home; and
the home is used primarily as a residence; and
the home is located in a local government area identified as a DRFA activated area in any of the following documents published by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority on its website—
‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 10 November–3 December 2021’;
‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, 29 December 2021–10 January 2022’;
‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 22 February 2022–5 April 2022’;
‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Southern Queensland Flooding, 06–20 May 2022’; and
parts of the home within the building envelope for the home were inundated by floodwaters during a disaster event mentioned in paragraph (c) .
In this section—
building envelope , for a home—
means the outermost sides of the aggregation of the components of the home that have the primary function of separating the internal part of the home from the external environment; and
includes the foundations of the home.
sch 44 s 4 ins 2022 SL No. 105 s 5
amd 2022 SL No. 176 s 6 ; 2023 SL No. 184 s 5
(sch.44-sec.4-ssec.1) A home is an eligible home if— the home is a house, townhouse, unit, granny flat or manufactured home; and the home is used primarily as a residence; and the home is located in a local government area identified as a DRFA activated area in any of the following documents published by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority on its website— ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 10 November–3 December 2021’; ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, 29 December 2021–10 January 2022’; ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 22 February 2022–5 April 2022’; ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Southern Queensland Flooding, 06–20 May 2022’; and parts of the home within the building envelope for the home were inundated by floodwaters during a disaster event mentioned in paragraph (c) .
(sch.44-sec.4-ssec.2) In this section— building envelope , for a home— means the outermost sides of the aggregation of the components of the home that have the primary function of separating the internal part of the home from the external environment; and includes the foundations of the home.
- (a) the home is a house, townhouse, unit, granny flat or manufactured home; and
- (b) the home is used primarily as a residence; and
- (c) the home is located in a local government area identified as a DRFA activated area in any of the following documents published by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority on its website— (i) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 10 November–3 December 2021’; (ii) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, 29 December 2021–10 January 2022’; (iii) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 22 February 2022–5 April 2022’; (iv) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Southern Queensland Flooding, 06–20 May 2022’; and
- (i) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 10 November–3 December 2021’;
- (ii) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, 29 December 2021–10 January 2022’;
- (iii) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 22 February 2022–5 April 2022’;
- (iv) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Southern Queensland Flooding, 06–20 May 2022’; and
- (d) parts of the home within the building envelope for the home were inundated by floodwaters during a disaster event mentioned in paragraph (c) .
- (i) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 10 November–3 December 2021’;
- (ii) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, 29 December 2021–10 January 2022’;
- (iii) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 22 February 2022–5 April 2022’;
- (iv) ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements event Southern Queensland Flooding, 06–20 May 2022’; and
- (a) means the outermost sides of the aggregation of the components of the home that have the primary function of separating the internal part of the home from the external environment; and
- (b) includes the foundations of the home.