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HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACT 1996 - NOTES

Act No. 24 of 1996 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 5 August 2009
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 70 of 2009

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

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 4

2............ Commencement .................................................................................. 4

3............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 4

4............ Objects ................................................................................................ 5

5............ Form of inter‑government housing agreement .................................... 6

6............ Inter‑government housing agreements ................................................ 7

7............ Grants to States for housing ............................................................... 8

8............ Payments for research, development, demonstration and evaluation . 8

9............ State expenditure from its own resources ........................................... 9

10.......... Minister may authorise payments if no agreement in force in first assistance year                 10

11.......... Payments to be made out of money appropriated ........................... 10

12.......... Determinations to be in writing ........................................................ 10

13.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 11

14.......... Annual report by Minister ............................................................... 11

15.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 11

16.......... Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 11

Schedule 1--Amendment of the Housing Assistance Act 1989                   12

Notes                                                                                                                                             13


Notes to the Housing Assistance Act 1996

Note 1

The Housing Assistance Act 1996 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 24, 1996 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act

Number
and year

Date
of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Housing Assistance Act 1996

24, 1996

28 June 1996

Ss. 1-6 and
12-16:Royal Assent
Remainder: 1 July 1996

 

Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999

146, 1999

11 Nov 1999

Schedule 1 (items 516-518): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (a)

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Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2006

108, 2006

27 Sept 2006

Schedule 8 (items 96-99): Royal Assent

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Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009

70, 2009

8 July 2009

Schedule 3 (item 33): 5 Aug 2009

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(a)     The Housing Assistance Act 1996 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 516-518) 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.


Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Preamble.............................

am. No. 70, 2009

Ss. 5, 6................................

am. No. 108, 2006

S. 8 .....................................

am. No. 146, 1999

S. 13....................................

am. No. 146, 1999


 



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