Clause 18. Emergency housing suppliers

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Emergency housing suppliers

(1)

Unless subclause (2) applies, MSD must only grant an emergency housing grant for emergency housing provided by an opted-in emergency housing supplier.

(2)

MSD may only make an emergency housing grant for emergency housing provided by an emergency housing supplier who is not an opted-in emergency housing supplier if MSD determines that-

(a)

there are no opted-in emergency housing suppliers with emergency housing available that is adequate to meet the immediate emergency housing need of the applicant and the applicant's spouse or partner, and dependent children if they will be staying with the applicant; or

(b)

a particular emergency housing supplier, that is not an opted-in emergency housing supplier, would be the most appropriate option for the applicant's circumstances; or

(c)

exceptional circumstances exist.

(3)

MSD may publish emergency housing supplier standards which must be-

(a)

approved by the chief executive and may be amended by the chief executive from time to time; and

(b)

published on a publicly available Internet site maintained by or on behalf of MSD.