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HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACT 1989 - SECT 2

Commencement [see Note 1]

             (1)  This Act, other than section 21, commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

             (2)  Section 21 shall be taken to have commenced on 1 July 1989.

  3   Interpretation

                   In this Act:

1984 Act means the Housing Assistance Act 1984 .

"advance" means an advance under section 17.

"grant" means a payment authorised under section 5.

"grant year" means the financial year commencing on 1 July 1989 or any later financial year commencing before 1 July 1996.

"housing agreement" means an agreement made under subsection 4(1), being, where the agreement has been varied under subsection 4(2), the agreement as so varied.

"priority provision" , in relation to a housing agreement, means a provision of the agreement that is substantially in accordance with clause 36 of the form in Schedule 1.

"specific assistance" means specific housing assistance referred to in a housing agreement.

"specific grant" means a grant for specific assistance.

"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

"State Minister" , in relation to a State with which the Commonwealth has made a housing agreement, has the same meaning as in that agreement.

"untied grant" means a grant other than a specific grant.



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