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Meaning of eligible person

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Part 2AWork and development permits

10AA Meaning of eligible person

(1)

In this Part, eligible person means a person—

(a)

served with an infringement notice or in respect of whom a collection and enforcement order in relation to an outstanding registered infringement fine has been made and registered under section 15E; and

(b)

in respect of whom at least one paragraph in subsection (2) applies.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the following paragraphs are specified—

(a)

the person has a mental or intellectual disability, disorder or illness;

(b)

the person has an addiction to drugs, alcohol or a volatile substance within the meaning of section 57 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981;

(c)

the person is experiencing homelessness in accordance with the prescribed criteria (if any);

(d)

the person is experiencing acute financial hardship;

(e)

the person is the victim of family violence within the meaning of section 5 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008.

Note

The work and development permit guidelines made by the Attorney-General under section 10L specify the kind of circumstances that should apply to a person in order to satisfy the Director that the person is an eligible person.

S. 10A inserted by No. 29/2016 s. 6, amended by No. 17/2022 s. 29.

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