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FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT ACT 2000 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year

No

Title

Assent

Commencement

2000

25

First Home Owner Grant Act 2000

29.6.2000

1.7.2000: s 2

2000

64

First Home Owner Grant (New Zealand Citizens) Amendment Act 2000

9.11.2000

1.7.2000: s 2

2001

26

First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) Amendment Act 2001

26.7.2001

9.3.2001 except s 4—30.5.2001: s 2

2002

35

Statutes Amendment (Stamp Duties and Other Measures) Act 2002

28.11.2002

Pt 3 (ss 5—10)—28.11.2002: s 2(1)

2004

49

First Home Owner Grant (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2004

16.12.2004

1.1.2005 (Gazette 16.12.2004 p4592)

2006

43

Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006

14.12.2006

Pt 37 (ss 105—110)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007 p1352)

2008

34

Statutes Amendment (Budget 2008) Act 2008

31.7.2008

Pt 2 (s 4)—5.6.2008: s 2(2) & Sch 1—31.7.2008: s 2(4)

2009

53

First Home Owner Grant (Special Eligible Transactions) Amendment Act 2009

5.11.2009

14.10.2008 except ss 4 & 10—12—5.11.2009: s 2

2010

22

Statutes Amendment (Budget 2010) Act 2010

18.11.2010

Pt 4 (ss 11—17)—17.9.2010: s 2(3)

2011

31

Statutes Amendment (Budget 2011) Act 2011

4.8.2011

Pt 2 (ss 4—10)—10.6.2011: s 2(2)

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision

How varied

Commencement

Pt 1



s 2

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

1.1.2005

s 3



Australian citizen

amended by 64/2000 s 3(a)

1.7.2000

close personal relationship

inserted by 43/2006 s 105(1)

1.6.2007

contract for an "of-the-plan" purchase

inserted by 31/2011 s 4

10.6.2011

domestic partner

inserted by 43/2006 s 105(2)

1.6.2007

new home

inserted by 26/2001 s 3

9.3.2001


deleted by 35/2002 s 5

28.11.2002

new home

inserted by 22/2010 s 11(1)

17.9.2010

permanent resident

substituted by 64/2000 s 3(b)

1.7.2000

residence requirement

amended by 49/2004 s 4

1.1.2005

substantially renovated home

inserted by 22/2010 s 11(2)

17.9.2010

s 6



s 6(1)

substituted by 43/2006 s 106

1.6.2007

s 6(1a)

inserted by 43/2006 s 106

1.6.2007

Pt 2



s 7



s 7(1a)

inserted by 22/2010 s 12

17.9.2010

s 8A

inserted by 26/2001 s 4

30.5.2001

s 8A(2)

amended by 49/2004 s 5

1.1.2005

s 10



s 10(1)

amended by 43/2006 s 107(1)

1.6.2007

s 10(2)

substituted by 49/2004 s 6

1.1.2005

s 10(3)

amended by 43/2006 s 107(2)

1.6.2007

s 11



s 11(1)

amended by 43/2006 s 108(1)

1.6.2007

s 11(3)

amended by 49/2004 s 7

1.1.2005


amended by 43/2006 s 108(2)

1.6.2007

s 12



s 12(1)

amended by 49/2004 s 8

1.1.2005


amended by 53/2009 s 4(1), (2)

5.11.2009

s 12(3) and (4)

inserted by 53/2009 s 4(3)

5.11.2009

s 13A

inserted by 26/2001 s 5

9.3.2001


substituted by 35/2002 s 6

28.11.2002


substituted by 53/2009 s 5

14.10.2008

s 13A(8) before deletion by 31/2011



new home

deleted by 22/2010 s 13

17.9.2010

substantially renovated home

deleted by 22/2010 s 13

17.9.2010

s 13A(8)

deleted by 31/2011 s 5

10.6.2011

s 18



s 18(1)

s 18 redesignated as s 18(1) by 26/2001 s 6

9.3.2001


amended by 53/2009 s 6(1)

14.10.2008

s 18(2)

inserted by 26/2001 s 6

9.3.2001


deleted by 35/2002 s 7

28.11.2002


inserted by 53/2009 s 6(2)

14.10.2008

s 18(3)—(5)

inserted by 53/2009 s 6(2)

14.10.2008

s 18A

inserted by 35/2002 s 8

28.11.2002


deleted by 53/2009 s 7

14.10.2008

s 18B

inserted by 34/2008 s 4

5.6.2008

s 18B(1)

amended by 22/2010 s 14(1)

17.9.2010

s 18B(2)

amended by 53/2009 s 8(1)

14.10.2008


amended by 22/2010 s 14(2)

17.9.2010

s 18B(3)

deleted by 53/2009 s 8(2)

14.10.2008

s 18B(4)—(9)

deleted by 22/2010 s 14(3)

17.9.2010

s 18B(11)

deleted by 22/2010 s 14(4)

17.9.2010

s 18BA

inserted by 22/2010 s 15

17.9.2010

s 18BA(1)

amended by 31/2011 s 6(1), (2)

10.6.2011

s 18BA(2a)

inserted by 31/2011 s 6(3)

10.6.2011

s 18BAB

inserted by 31/2011 s 7

10.6.2011

s 18BB

inserted by 22/2010 s 15

17.9.2010

s 18BB(1)

amended by 31/2011 s 8

10.6.2011

s 18C

inserted by 53/2009 s 9

14.10.2008


amended by 22/2010 s 16

17.9.2010


amended by 31/2011 s 9

10.6.2011

s 20



s 20(1)

amended by 49/2004 s 9

1.1.2005

s 20(3a)

inserted by 53/2009 s 10

5.11.2009

s 22



s 22(3)

substituted by 49/2004 s 10

1.1.2005

s 25(3)

substituted by 26/2001 s 7

9.3.2001

Pt 4



s 38



s 38(2)

amended by 49/2004 s 11(1), (2)

1.1.2005

s 39



s 39(2)

amended by 49/2004 s 12

1.1.2005

s 40



s 40(6)

amended by 53/2009 s 11(1), (2)

5.11.2009

s 40A

inserted by 53/2009 s 12

5.11.2009

s 41



s 41(1)



protected information

amended by 43/2006 s 109

1.6.2007

s 43

amended by 49/2004 s 13

1.1.2005

s 46



s 46(3)

inserted by 26/2001 s 8

9.3.2001

s 46(4)

inserted by 35/2002 s 9

28.11.2002


amended by 53/2009 s 13

14.10.2008

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Amendment (Stamp Duties and Other Measures) Act 2002

10—Validation for payment of increased grants

The payment of an amount as first home owner grant under the principal Act before the commencement of this Part, and anything done under the principal Act or the Taxation Administration Act 1996, is validated to the extent that it would have been valid if this Part had been enacted when the payment was made or the thing was done.

First Home Owner Grant (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2004 Sch 1

1—Application of amendments

An amendment to the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 effected by a provision of this Act only applies in relation to an application under that Act if—

(a) in the case of an amendment effected by section 11, 12, or 13—the application is made after the commencement of the provision; or

(b) in any other case—the application is made in respect of an eligible transaction with a commencement date (within the meaning of that Act) occurring after the commencement of that provision.

Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006

110—Transitional provision

An amendment made by this Act to the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 applies only in relation to an application for a first home owner grant made after the commencement of the amendment.

Statutes Amendment (Budget 2008) Act 2008, Sch 1

1—Transitional provisions

(1) If—

(a) a person is entitled to a first home bonus grant under section 18B of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000, as enacted by this Act (the relevant entitlement); and

(b) the person has—

(i) in respect of a conveyance that relates to the land on which the home under that Act is situated or is to be built (as the case may be), received a benefit under section 71C of the Stamp Duties Act 1923; or

(ii) received a benefit constituted by an ex gratia payment by the State in order to provide for the first home bonus grant envisaged by this Act for the period between 5 June 2008 and the date of enactment of this Act,

the amount of the relevant entitlement will be reduced by the amount of the benefit provided under section 71C of the Stamp Duties Act 1923 or by the amount of the ex gratia payment, or both (including so as to fully set off the amount of the relevant entitlement).

(2) If—

(a) a person has received a benefit constituted by an ex gratia payment by the State in order to provide for the first home bonus grant envisaged by this Act for the period between 5 June 2008 and the date of the enactment of this Act; and

(b) the person has also, in respect of a conveyance that relates to the land on which the home that is relevant to the ex gratia payment is situated, or is to be built, (as the case may be), received a benefit under section 71C of the Stamp Duties Act 1923 (the relevant benefit),

the Commissioner of State Taxation may recover the amount of the relevant benefit from any person who claimed that benefit as a debt due to the Crown.

(3) If—

(a) a person has received a benefit under section 71C of the Stamp Duties Act 1923 (the relevant benefit); and

(b) the conveyance on which the benefit is based falls within the ambit of subsection (8) of section 71C of the Stamp Duties Act 1923 (as enacted by this Act),

the Commissioner of State Taxation may recover the amount of the relevant benefit from any person who claimed that benefit as a debt due to the Crown.

(4) To avoid doubt, any set off or right of recovery under this clause extends to a benefit obtained before the commencement of this clause.

Statutes Amendment (Budget 2010) Act 2010

17—Transitional provisions

(1) If a person has, before the date of the enactment of this Act, received a first home owner grant in respect of an application on which a first home owner grant is not payable under subsection (1a) of section 7 of the principal Act (as inserted by section 12 of this Act), the Commissioner may recover the amount of the grant as a debt due to the Crown.

(2) If a person has, before the date of the enactment of this Act, received a payment under section 18B of the principal Act in respect of an eligible transaction with a commencement date that is on or after 17 September 2010, the Commissioner may recover the amount of the payment from the person as a debt due to the Crown.

(3) If—

(a) a person is entitled to a first home bonus grant under section 18BA of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act (the relevant entitlement); and

(b) the person has received a benefit constituted by an ex gratia payment by the State in order to provide for the first home bonus grant under section 18BA envisaged by this Act for the period between 17 September 2010 and the date of the enactment of this Act,

the amount of the relevant entitlement will be reduced by the amount of the ex gratia payment (including so as to fully set off the amount of the relevant entitlement).

(4) To avoid doubt, any set off or right of recovery under this section extends to a benefit obtained before the commencement of this section.

(5) Terms used in this section that are defined in the principal Act have the same respective meanings as in that Act.

(6) In this section—

principal Act means the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000.

Statutes Amendment (Budget 2011) Act 2011

10—Transitional provision

(1) If—

(a) a person has, before the day on which this Act is assented to by the Governor, received a payment under section 18BA of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 in respect of an eligible transaction with a commencement date that is on or after 10 June 2011; and

(b) the person is not entitled to the payment under section 18BA as amended by section 6 of this Act,

the Commissioner may recover the amount of the payment from the person as a debt due to the Crown.

(2) Terms used in subsection (1) that are defined in the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 have the same respective meanings as in that Act.

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—9.11.2000


Reprint No 2—26.7.2001


Reprint No 3—28.11.2002


1.1.2005


1.6.2007


5.6.2008


14.10.2008 (electronic only)


5.11.2009


17.9.2010




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