DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES REGULATIONS 1936

This compilation was prepared on 3 September 2008
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2008 No. 176

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

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 5

2 Repeal 5

3 Parts 5

4 Interpretation 6

Part II Applications for homes and advances

5 Applications for homes 7

6 Applications -- how dealt with 7

7 Certificate of State Manager as to eligibility etc of applicant 7

8 Appeals 7

8A Securities by minors 8

Part III Mortgage to secure balance of purchase money

9 Form of mortgage 9

10 Notice of intention to execute mortgage 9

Part IV Conditions of contracts of sale and advances

11 Fees, charges and costs 10

13 Corporation to hold title deeds until mortgage discharged 10

14 Borrower to observe Acts and regulations applicable to home etc 11

15 Proof of account with Corporation 11

16 Power of Corporation where mortgage property seized in execution to call in amount secured 11

17 Remedies where default by borrower 11

18 Payment for repairs 12

20 Removal of fittings or fixtures 12

21 Power of Corporation where purchaser or borrower not an eligible person 12

22 Failure by purchaser or borrower to pay rates etc 13

23 Appropriation of amounts paid to Corporation 13

24 Inspection and valuation of land and dwelling‑house 16

26 Payment by applicant of interest on progress payments 16

Part VI Advances on mortgage for purposes of homes

Division 1 General

28 Purpose of advance to be specified 18

29 Advance not to be made until mortgage executed 18

30 Plans and specifications 18

31 Account of disbursement of advance 19

Division 2 Advances by Instalments

32 Advances by instalments 19

33 Definition of work 19

35 Application for each instalment 19

36 Certificates of value 20

37 Amount of instalments 20

38 Valuation fee 20

39 Deduction of valuation fee from amount of instalment 20

40 Preservation of dwelling‑house 20

42 Failure to proceed with work satisfactorily 21

43 Default by applicant or borrower 21

43A Default of builder building for the Corporation 22

44 Interest 22

Part VII Insurance of dwelling‑houses

45 Certain dwelling‑houses deemed to be insured 23

46 Corporation may pay premiums on behalf of itself or another person 23

Part VIIA Tenancies under section 30A of the Act

74A Period of tenancy and rental 24

74B Terms and conditions of tenancy 24

74C Determination of tenancy 25

74D Notice of intention to apply for a warrant 25

74DA Determination of tenancy by death 25

74E Service of notices 25

74F Proof of service 26

74G Initiation of court proceedings 26

74H Form of warrant 26

Part VIII Miscellaneous

74J Operational areas 27

75 Notice of removal and storage 27

76 Service of notices 27

77 Proof of signature of Secretary etc 28

78 Evidence in proceedings under section 30A 28

78A Use and disclosure of personal information --prescribed purposes 29

79 Proof of account with Corporation 30

81 Prescribed authority of Department of Veterans' Affairs 30

82 Forms 31

83 Payments by purchaser or borrower 31

The Schedule 32

Form B Notice of determination of tenancy 32

Form C Notice of intention to apply for a warrant under Section 30A of the Act 33

Form CA Affidavit of service 34

Form D Warrant to enter and give possession to the defence service homes corporation 35

Form E Notice of removal and storage of goods 36

Notes 37

Notes to the Defence Service Homes Regulations 1936

Note 1

The Defence Service Homes Regulations 1936 (in force under the Defence Service Homes Act 1918) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1936 No. 74 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series). Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

Notes to the Defence Service Homes Regulations 1936

The Defence Service Homes Regulations were modified by the Defence Service Homes Act 1918. [see Note 2 ]

Table of Instruments

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette or FRLI registration	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1936 No. 74	4 June 1936	4 June 1936
1945 No. 202	20 Dec 1945	1 Feb 1946	--
1946 No. 66	4 Apr 1946	4 Apr 1946	--
1947 No. 93	29 July 1947	14 July 1947	--
1949 No. 13	24 Feb 1949	24 Feb 1949	--
1949 No. 29	26 May 1949	26 May 1949	--
1951 No. 16	15 Mar 1951	15 Mar 1951	--
1956 No. 17	1 Mar 1956	1 Mar 1956	R. 3
1957 No. 18	16 May 1957	16 May 1957	R. 14 (2)-(4)
1957 No. 54	3 Oct 1957	3 Oct 1957	--
1962 No. 42	7 June 1962	7 June 1962	--
1964 No. 55	30 Apr 1964	30 Apr 1964	R. 21
1969 No. 164	16 Oct 1969	16 Oct 1969	--
1972 No. 172	19 Oct 1972	19 Oct 1972	--
1973 No. 50	15 Mar 1973	15 Mar 1973	--
1973 No.173	3 Sept 1973	3 Sept 1973 (see r. 1 and Gazette 1973, No. 119, p. 1)	Rr. 22 and 23
1974 No. 117	29 June 1974	29 June 1974	--
1975 No. 90	30 May 1975	30 May 1975	R. 2 (2)
1980 No. 289	26 Sept 1980	26 Sept 1980	--
1980 No. 290	26 Sept 1980	26 Sept 1980	R. 4
1980 No 297	14 Oct 1980	15 Oct 1980	--
1982 No. 214	3 Sept 1982	3 Sept 1982	--
2008 No. 176	2 Sept 2008 (see F2008L03075)	3 Sept 2008	--

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
R. 1..........................................	rs. 1973 No. 173; 2008 No. 176
R. 3..........................................	am. 1956 No. 17
	rs. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1957 No. 54
R. 4..........................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
Part II
R. 5..........................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
R. 6..........................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 7..........................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
R. 8..........................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
R. 8A.......................................	ad. 1946 No. 66
Part III
R. 9..........................................	am. 1947 No. 93
R. 10.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
Part VI
R. 11.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 12.......................................	am. 1945 No. 202; 1969 No. 164
	rep. 1975 No. 90
R. 13.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 14.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
R. 15.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 16.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1957 No. 18; 1980 No. 289
R. 17.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1980 No. 289
R. 18.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1975 No. 90; 1980 No. 289
R. 19.......................................	rs. 1949 No. 29
	am. 1964 No. 55; 1969 No. 164
	rs. 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 20.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 21.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 22.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 23.......................................	rs. 1946 No. 66
	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1975 No. 90
	am. 1980 Nos. 289 and 297
R. 24.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 25.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rep. 1957 No. 18
R. 26.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1957 No. 18; 1975 No. 90; 1980 Nos. 289 and 297
Part V......................................	rs. 1956 No. 17 rep. 1980 No. 289

R. 27.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1951 No. 16
	rs. 1956 No. 17
	rep. 1980 No. 289
R. 27A.....................................	ad. 1956 No. 17
	am. 1973 No.173
	rep. 1980 No. 289
R. 27B.....................................	ad. 1956 No. 17
	rep. 1980 No. 289
Rr. 27C, 27D.........................	ad. 1956 No. 17
	am. 1973 No.173
	rep. 1980 No. 289
Rr. 27E, 27F..........................	ad. 1956 No. 17
	rep. 1980 No. 289
R. 27G....................................	ad. 1956 No. 17
	am. 1973 No.173
	rep. 1980 No. 289
Rr. 27H-27M.........................	ad. 1956 No. 17
	rep. 1980 No. 289
Part VI
Division 1
R. 29.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 30.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
R. 31.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
Division 2
R. 32.......................................	am. 1957 No. 18; 1980 No. 289; 1982 No. 214
R. 34.......................................	rep. 1980 No. 289
R. 35.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1980 No. 289
R. 36.......................................	am. 1946 No. 66; 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 37.......................................	am. 1982 No. 214
R. 38.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 39.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 41.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rep. 1980 No. 289
R. 42.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1980 No. 289
R. 43.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1957 No. 54; 1980 No. 289
R. 43A.....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1980 No. 289
R. 44.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1975 No. 90; 1980 Nos. 289 and 297
Part VII
Part VII.................................... (rr. 45, 45A, 46, 46A, 47, 48, 48A, 49, 50, 51A, 53-57, 57A, 58-60, 62-74)	rep. 1980 No. 290
Part VII....................................	ad. 1980 No. 290
R. 45.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55; 1969 No. 164; 1974 No. 117
	rs. 1980 No. 290
R. 45A.....................................	ad. 1949 No. 13
	am. 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 46.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1973 No. 173
	rs. 1980 No. 290
R. 46A.....................................	ad. 1964 No. 55
	am. 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 47.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 48.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 48A.....................................	ad. 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 49.......................................	am. 1949 No. 13
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 50.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55; 1969 No. 164
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 51.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13
	rep. 1969 No. 164
R. 51A.....................................	ad. 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 52.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rep. 1949 No. 13
R. 53.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 54.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1964 No. 55
	am. 1973 No. 173
	rep. 1980 No. 290
Rr. 55, 56...............................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 57.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1957 No. 18
	rs. 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 57A.....................................	ad. 1949 No. 13
	rs. 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 58.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1964 No. 55; 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 59.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55; 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 60.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1973 No. 173
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 61.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1969 No. 164; 1973 No. 173
	rep. 1974 No. 117
R. 62.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 63.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 64.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55; 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 65.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 66.......................................	am. 1949 No. 13
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 67.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 68.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 69.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1973 No. 173
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 70.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 71.......................................	rs. 1949 No. 13
	am. 1964 No. 55
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 72.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1964 No. 55; 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 73.......................................	am. 1974 No. 117
	rep. 1980 No. 290
R. 74.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rep. 1980 No. 290
Part VIIA
Part VIIA..................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
R. 74A.....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
R. 74B.....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1962 No. 42; 1980 No. 289
R. 74C....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1962 No. 42; 1972 No. 172; 1980 No. 289
R. 74D....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1962 No. 42; 1972 No. 172; 1980 No. 289
R. 74DA..................................	ad. 1972 No. 172
	am. 1980 No. 289
R. 74E.....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
R. 74F.....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
R. 74G....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1972 No. 172; 1980 No. 289
R. 74H....................................	ad. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1972 No. 172
Part VIII
R. 74J.....................................	ad. 1957 No. 54
R. 75.......................................	rep. 1962 No. 42
	ad. 1972 No. 172
	am. 1973 No. 50; 1980 No. 289
R. 76.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1957 No. 18; 1980 No. 289
R. 77.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 78.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1957 No. 18; 1962 No. 42; 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
R. 78A.....................................	ad. 2008 No. 176
R. 79.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
R. 80.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rep. 1980 No. 289
R. 81.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1980 No. 289
R. 82.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1957 No. 18
R. 83.......................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1980 No. 289
Schedule
Schedule................................	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1949 No. 29; 1951 No. 16; 1957 No. 18; 1964 No. 55; 1969 No. 164; 1972 No. 172; 1973 Nos. 50 and 173; 1980 Nos. 289 and 290
Form A................................	1936 No. 74
	am. 1947 No. 93; 1949 No. 13; 1949 No. 29; 1951 No. 16
	rs. 1957 No. 18; 1964 No. 55
	am. 1969 No. 164; 1973 No. 173
	rep. 1980 No. 290
Form B................................	1936 No. 74
	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
Form C...............................	1936 No. 74
	rs. 1957 No. 18
	am. 1972 No. 172; 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
Form CA.............................	ad. 1957 No. 18
Form D...............................	1936 No. 74
	am. 1947 No. 93
	rs. 1972 No. 172
	am. 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289
Form E................................	ad. 1972 No. 172
	rs. 1973 No. 50
	am. 1973 No. 173; 1980 No. 289

Note 2

Regulations 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 42, 74A‑74C, 74E and 74F of the Defence Service Homes Regulations are modified by subsection 6B (9) and Schedule 2 of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918. (These modifications were inserted by Act No. 124 of 1988).

The modifications in Schedule 2 are set out below and are not incorporated in this compilation.

Regulation 9	(a) After 'of the Act' insert 'as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918'. (b) After 'is situated insert 'and which is otherwise in a form acceptable to the Bank'.
Regulation 10	After 'of the Act' insert 'as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918'.
Regulation 14	Omit 'Subject to section 17B of the Act, each', substitute 'Each'.
Regulation 15	(a) Omit 'by the Corporation', substitute 'by a Manager of the Bank'. (b) After 'Corporation shall insert ', as between the Bank and the purchaser, borrower, tenant or applicant,'.
Regulation 17	(a) Omit from paragraph (b) 'in accordance with an agreement for the erection, completion or enlargement of a dwelling‑house by the Corporation under section 17A of the Act,'. (b) Omit 'the mortgage or by the Act or these Regulations', substitute 'a term or condition of the mortgage'.
Regulation 18	(a) After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'. (b) Omit from subregulation (1) 'with the Act', substitute 'with that subsection'.
Regulation 20	After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'.
Regulation 21	(a) Omit 'it is proved to the satisfaction of the Corporation that'. (b) After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'.
Regulation 23	(a) After 'when an amount' insert', other than a prepayment of principal,'. (b) Omit paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (da),(e), (f) and (g), substitute the following paragraphs: '(a) where there is only one loan tier and one interest rate applicable to the specified portfolio asset and the amount paid is equal to or less than the scheduled instalment, the whole of the amount will be credited to the subsidised advance loan account; (b) where there is more than one loan tier and more than one interest rate applicable to the specified portfolio asset and the amount paid is equal to or less than the sum of the scheduled instalments, the whole of the amount will be credited to the subsidised advance loan account by apportioning the amount paid to each tier in the ratio of the scheduled instalments;
	(c) where an amount is paid in excess of the scheduled instalment, or in excess of the sum of the scheduled instalments where there is more than one loan tier, for credit to a subsidised advance loan account that is in arrears, the excess amount will be credited or apportioned to the subsidised advance loan account in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) as appropriate; and (d) where an amount is paid in excess of the scheduled instalment, or in excess of the sum of the scheduled instalments where there is more than one loan tier, and paragraph (c) either does not apply or has been satisfied, the amount of the excess will be treated as an excess credit and, if it is to be held under a loan interest offset arrangement: (i) where there is only one loan tier, the excess will be credited to the subsidised advance loan account to reduce the balance on which interest is charged; or (ii) where there is more than one loan tier, the excess will be credited to the subsidised advance loan account and apportioned to each tier of the loan in the ratio of the loan limits to reduce the balance on which interest is charged in each tier.'.
	(c) add at the end the following subregulation: '(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1): (a) 'loan tier' means an amount outstanding under a specified portfolio asset, being part of a balance of an advance made by the Corporation under section 20, or of a contract of sale or expenditure by the Corporation under section 18A, 29AA or 31, of the Act, as in force before the commencement of section 10 of the Defence Service Homes Amendment Act 1918, in respect of which a particular interest rate is payable;
	(b) 'scheduled instalment' means the monthly amount that a purchaser or borrower has contracted under a specified portfolio asset to repay on the balance outstanding under a loan tier;
	(c) 'arrears', 'balance', 'excess credit', 'limit', 'loan interest offset arrangement', 'prepayment', 'specified portfolio asset' and 'subsidised advance loan account' have the same respective meanings as in the agreement between the Commonwealth and Westpac Banking Corporation set out in Schedule 1 to the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.'.
Regulation 24	Omit 'for the purposes of section 46 of the Act'.
Regulation 42	(a) Omit from paragraph (a) 'satisfactory to', substitute 'to the reasonable satisfaction of'. (b) Omit from paragraph (b) 'approved by the Corporation'. (c) Omit paragraph (c).
Regulation 74A	After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'.
Subregulation 74B (1)	After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'.
Subregulation 74B (2)	After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'.
Subregulation 74C (1)	(a) After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'. (b) Omit 'in accordance with Form B'.
Subregulation 74C (2)	After 'of the Act' insert ', as that provision applies as a term or condition of a portfolio asset which vests in the Bank under section 6B of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918,'.
Regulation 74E	Omit 'under this Part', substitute 'of determination of tenancy'.
Regulation 74F	(a) Omit 'under this Part', substitute 'of determination of tenancy'. (b) Omit ', in accordance with Form CA,'.

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DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES REGULATIONS 1936 - NOTES