DEFENCE HOUSING AUSTRALIA ACT 1987

This compilation was prepared on 27 December 2011
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 46 of 2011

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

Part I--Preliminary 1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

Part II--Establishment, functions and powers of DHA 4

4............ Defence Housing Australia ................................................................. 4

5............ Main function ...................................................................................... 4

6............ Additional functions ............................................................................ 4

7............ Powers ................................................................................................ 6

11.......... DHA is body corporate etc. ................................................................ 7

Part III--The Board 8

11A....... Establishment of the Board ................................................................. 8

11B....... Functions of the Board ........................................................................ 8

12.......... Membership of the Board ................................................................... 8

13.......... Chairperson may be referred to as Chairman or Chairwoman ............. 9

14.......... Appointment of members .................................................................... 9

15.......... Term of office of appointed members ................................................. 9

16.......... Appointed members hold office on part time basis ........................... 10

17.......... Remuneration and allowances of appointed members ....................... 10

18.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 10

19.......... Resignation of appointed members ................................................... 10

20.......... Disclosure of interests ....................................................................... 10

21.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 10

22.......... Terms and conditions of appointment not provided for by Act ......... 11

23.......... Acting appointments ......................................................................... 11

24.......... Meetings ........................................................................................... 12

25.......... Resolutions without meetings ........................................................... 13

26.......... Committees ....................................................................................... 13

Part IIIA--DHA Advisory Committee 15

27.......... DHA Advisory Committee ............................................................... 15

28.......... Function of the DHA Advisory Committee ...................................... 15

29.......... Remuneration .................................................................................... 16

Part IV--Operation of DHA 17

31.......... Directions to DHA ............................................................................ 17

32.......... Reimbursement of cost of complying with directions ....................... 17

Part V--Finance 18

36.......... Borrowings from Commonwealth .................................................... 18

37.......... Borrowings otherwise than from Commonwealth ............................ 18

38.......... Guarantee of borrowings by DHA ................................................... 19

39.......... DHA may give security .................................................................... 20

40.......... Borrowings not otherwise permitted ................................................. 20

41.......... Guarantee of borrowings and raisings by wholly owned subsidiaries 20

Part VI--Managing Director, staff and consultants 24

Division 1--Managing Director 24

45.......... Managing Director ............................................................................ 24

46.......... Duties ................................................................................................ 24

47.......... Appointment ..................................................................................... 24

48.......... Term of office etc. ............................................................................. 24

49.......... Managing Director not to engage in other paid employment ............. 24

50.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 25

51.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 25

52.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 25

54.......... Acting Managing Director ................................................................ 25

56.......... Terms and conditions of appointment not provided for by Act ......... 26

Division 2--Staff and consultants 27

57.......... Staff .................................................................................................. 27

58.......... Consultants ....................................................................................... 27

Part VII--Miscellaneous 28

59.......... Rents ................................................................................................. 28

60.......... Transfer of assets to DHA ................................................................ 28

61.......... Application of Lands Acquisition Act ............................................... 29

62.......... Duties of DHA ................................................................................. 29

62A....... Liability to Commonwealth taxation .................................................. 30

63.......... Exemption from State and Territory taxation ..................................... 30

63A....... DHA must make tax-equivalent payments to the Commonwealth .... 31

64.......... Delegation by DHA .......................................................................... 31

65.......... Delegation by Managing Director ..................................................... 32

66.......... Delegation by service chiefs .............................................................. 32

66A....... Delegation by Finance Minister ........................................................ 33

67.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 33

Notes 35

Notes to the Defence Housing Australia Act 1987

Note 1

The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 101, 1987 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For application, saving or transitional provisions made by the Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001, see Act No. 55, 2001.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Defence Housing Authority Act 1987	101, 1987	6 Nov 1987	1 Jan 1988 (see Gazette 1987, No. S346)
Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1988	100, 1988	2 Dec 1988	Part IV (ss. 9-13): Royal Assent (a)	--
Lands Acquisition (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1989	21, 1989	20 Apr 1989	9 June 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1989, No. S185)	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990	21, 1991	5 Feb 1991	Ss. 10-13 and 16-18: 1 July 1990 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991	27 June 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988 Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 31(2)
Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1992	91, 1992	30 June 1992	Ss. 13 and 14: 1 Sept 1992 (see Gazette 1992, No. S211) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (items 66-68): Royal Assent (b)	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997	1, 1997	19 Feb 1997	Schedule 2 (items 23, 80, 106, 129, 141, 142): Royal Assent (c)	--
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997	24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 696-708): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (d)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 371-380): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (e)	--
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999	156, 1999	24 Nov 1999	Schedule 10 (items 76-79): 13 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S114) (f)	--
Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001	55, 2001	28 June 2001	Ss. 4-14 and Schedule 3 (item 167): 15 July 2001 (see Gazette 2001, No. S285) (g)	Ss. 4-14 [see Note 1]
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001	Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005	8, 2005	22 Feb 2005	Schedule 2 (items 85-97, 174): Royal Assent	Sch. 2 (item 174) [see Table A]
Defence Housing Authority Amendment Act 2006	45, 2006	22 May 2006	Schedules 1, 3 and 4: 22 Nov 2006	Sch. 3 [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 1 (items 19, 20): (h)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 7 (item 49) and Schedule 8 (items 3-5): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 523-529) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a) The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 was amended by Part IV (sections 9-13) only of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1988, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b) The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 4 (items 66-68) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c) The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 23, 80, 106, 129, 141 and 142) only of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d) The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 696-708) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

(e) The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 371-380) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(f) The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 10 (items 76-79) only of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999, subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:

(2) The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:

(g) The Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 167) only of the Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

(3) Subject to subsections (4) to (10), Schedule 3 commences, or is taken to have commenced, at the same time as the Corporations Act 2001.

(h) Subsection 2(1) (items 11 and 12) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2008 provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
11. Schedule 1, item 19	Immediately after the commencement of item 59 of Schedule 1 to the Defence Housing Authority Amendment Act 2006.	22 November 2006
12. Schedule 1, item 20	Immediately after the commencement of item 60 of Schedule 1 to the Defence Housing Authority Amendment Act 2006.	22 November 2006

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title.....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
Part I
S. 1......................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 3......................................	am. No. 100, 1988; Nos. 1 and 152, 1997; No. 146, 1999; No. 55, 2001; No. 8, 2005; No. 45, 2006; No. 5, 2011
Part II
Heading to Part II..............	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 4......................................	rs. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 5..................	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 5......................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 6......................................	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 7......................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 8......................................	am. No. 152, 1997; No. 8, 2005
	rep. No. 45, 2006
Ss. 9, 10..............................	rep. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 11................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 11....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
Note to s. 11.......................	ad. No. 152, 1997
Part III
Heading to Part III.............	rs. No. 45, 2006
Ss. 11A, 11B.......................	ad. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 12................	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 12....................................	am. No. 100, 1988; No. 91, 1992; No. 146, 1999; No. 45, 2006; No. 5, 2011
S. 14 ...................................	am. No. 159, 2001; No. 45, 2006
S. 15 ...................................	am. No. 159, 2001
S. 17....................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 19....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 20....................................	am. No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999; No. 45, 2006
S. 21....................................	am. No. 100, 1988; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999; No. 45, 2006
S. 23....................................	am. No. 100, 1988; No. 45, 2006; No. 73, 2008; Nos. 5 and 46, 2011
Notes to s. 23(1), (2).........	ad. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 23(2A)................	ad. No. 46, 2011
Ss. 24, 25............................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 26....................................	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999; No. 45, 2006
Part IIIA
Part IIIA...............................	ad. No. 45, 2006
S. 27....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
	ad. No. 45, 2006
Note to s. 27(3)..................	am. No. 46, 2011
Heading to s. 28................	am. No. 152, 1997
	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 28....................................	am. No. 152, 1997
	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 29....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
	ad. No. 45, 2006
Part IV
Heading to Part IV.............	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 30....................................	rep. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 31................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 31....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 32....................................	am. No. 21, 1991; No. 45, 2006
Part V
S. 33....................................	am. No. 8, 2005
	rep. No. 45, 2006
Ss. 34, 35............................	rep. No. 45, 2006
Ss. 36, 37............................	am. No. 8, 2005; No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 38................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 38....................................	am. No. 8, 2005; No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 39................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 39....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 40....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 41....................................	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 8, 2005; No. 45, 2006
S. 42....................................	rep. No. 8, 2005
S. 43....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 44....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
Part VI
Division 1
Ss. 45, 46............................	am. No. 45, 2006
Ss. 47, 48 ...........................	am. No. 159, 2001; No. 45, 2006
S. 49....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 50....................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 51....................................	rs. No. 122, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 45, 2006
S. 53....................................	rep. No. 45, 2006
S. 54....................................	am. No. 45, 2006; No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 54(1)..................	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 55....................................	rep. No. 45, 2006
S. 56....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
Division 2
S. 57....................................	am. No. 1, 1997; No. 146, 1999; No. 45, 2006
S. 58....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
Part VII
S. 59....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 60................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 60....................................	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 45, 2006; No. 5, 2011
S. 61....................................	am. No. 21, 1989; No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 62................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 62....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 62A.................................	ad. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 63................	rs. No. 45, 2006
S. 63....................................	am. No. 45, 2006
S. 63A.................................	ad. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 64................	am. No. 45, 2006
Ss. 64, 65............................	am. No. 45, 2006
Heading to s. 66................	am. No. 1, 1997
S. 66....................................	am. No. 1, 1997
S. 66A.................................	ad. No. 8, 2005
	am. No. 45, 2006

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001 (No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97 Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No. 8, 2005)

Schedule 2

174 Saving provision--provisions that formerly referred to the Treasurer

(1) Any thing that:

(a) was done by the Treasurer, or by a delegate of the Treasurer, before the commencing time under an affected provision; and

(b) was in effect immediately before the commencing time;

continues to have effect after the commencing time as if it had been done by the Finance Minister under the affected provision.

(2) In this item:

affected provision means a provision that is amended by an item in this Schedule so as to replace references to the Treasurer with references to the Finance Minister.

commencing time means the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

Defence Housing Authority Amendment Act 2006 (No. 45, 2006)

Schedule 3

1 No effect on existing appointment of Managing Director

The amendment made by Schedule 1 to subsection 47(1) of the Defence Housing Authority Act 1987 does not affect the validity of an appointment under that subsection that is in force immediately before the commencement of this item.

2 Application of section 62A in respect of certain taxes

(1) This item applies in relation to a tax that is payable by reference to a period.

(2) In respect of such a tax, section 62A of the Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 applies in relation to such periods starting on or after the commencement of this item.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10 Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11 Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE HOUSING AUSTRALIA ACT 1987 - NOTES