Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACT 1989 - SECT 7A

             (1)  If the amount of a grant in respect of the fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh grant year has not been fully paid to a State in that grant year, the Minister may, after consulting with the State Minister, determine that the amount remaining unpaid, or part of it, is to be carried over for payment to the State in the next grant year.

             (2)  If a determination is made under subsection (1) in respect of the fourth, fifth or sixth grant year, section 7 has effect as if the amount specified in paragraph (3A)(b), (c) or (d), as the case requires, were increased by the amount to be carried over.