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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021
sec.89Meaning of permanent resident
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### sec.89 Meaning of permanent resident
A person is a permanent resident at a facility if the facility is the person’s settled and usual place of abode where the person regularly or customarily lives.
Also, a person is a permanent resident at a facility that is a residential aged care facility if the person has security of tenure at the facility under the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cwlth) or on some other basis.
A person is not a permanent resident at a facility if the person resides at the facility temporarily.
an in-patient of a hospital
a resident of a hospice
(sec.89-ssec.1) A person is a permanent resident at a facility if the facility is the person’s settled and usual place of abode where the person regularly or customarily lives.
(sec.89-ssec.2) Also, a person is a permanent resident at a facility that is a residential aged care facility if the person has security of tenure at the facility under the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cwlth) or on some other basis.
(sec.89-ssec.3) A person is not a permanent resident at a facility if the person resides at the facility temporarily. an in-patient of a hospital a resident of a hospice
- • an in-patient of a hospital
- • a resident of a hospice