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Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994
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#### 13 Services may be general or specific
Services
(1) A form of agreement specified in an instrument under section 6 may deal with:
(a) services provided generally to people who are homeless; or
(b) services provided to meet the special needs of people who are homeless and who belong to any of the following groups:
(i) women;
(ii) women and accompanying children;
(iii) independent young people above the school‑leaving age for the State concerned;
(iv) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
(v) people from non‑English speaking backgrounds;
(vi) families;
(vii) single men;
(viii) single women;
(ix) any other group specified in writing by the Minister and the State Minister of each participating State.
Gazettal of specified group
(2) If a group is specified under subparagraph (1)(b)(ix), the Minister must cause a copy of the specification to be published in the Gazette.