12Requirements for bodies

12 Requirements for bodies

(1) This section specifies the requirements that must be met by a body, other than a State agency, in order to be permitted to give an assurance of support for a Community Support Programme entrant.

(2) A body is not permitted to give an assurance of support for a Community Support Programme entrant unless it is: (a) an unincorporated association; or (b) a body corporate. (3) The body must: (a) if the body is an unincorporated association — have an address in Australia and intend to maintain an address in Australia while any assurance of support given by the body remains in force; or (b) if the body is a body corporate — be incorporated in Australia (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) and intend to remain incorporated in Australia while any assurance of support given by the body remains in force. (4) The total number of Community Support Programme entrants covered by the following assurances of support must be no more than 15: (a) the assurance of support currently proposed to be given by the body; (b) any previous assurances of support given by the body that are either in force or awaiting a decision of the Secretary under subsection 1061ZZGD(1) of the Act.

Note: Community Support Programme entrants are adults. There are no restrictions on the number of children for whom a body may give an assurance of support.

(5) The body must not give an assurance of support jointly with another body or individual.