Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT ACT 2000 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 9 July 2010 of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ⁶. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
First Home Owner Grant Act 2000	16 of 2000	9 Jun 2000	1 Jul 2000 (see s. 2)
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2000	61 of 2000	7 Dec 2000	s. 8: 1 Jul 2000 (see s. 2(2)); Act other than s. 8: 7 Dec 2000 (see s. 2(1))
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2001 2	14 of 2001	14 Aug 2001	9 Mar 2001 (see s. 2)
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2003 3	13 of 2003	17 Apr 2003	s. 5(5): 9 Mar 2001 (see s. 2(3)); s. 5 (except s. 5(5)) and 6: 9 Oct 2001 (see s. 2(2)); Act other than s. 5 and 6: 17 Apr 2003 (see s. 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 Pt. 22	28 of 2003	22 May 2003	1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579)
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2004 4	52 of 2004	18 Nov 2004	Pt. 2 and 3: 1 Jul 2004 (see s. 2(2)); Pt. 1: 18 Nov 2004 (see s. 2(1))
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 50 5	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Reprint 1: The First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 as at 3 Jun 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2005 7	26 of 2005	12 Dec 2005	s. 4: 1 Jul 2000 (see s. 2(2)); Act other than s. 4: 12 Dec 2005 (see s. 2(1))
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4, 5(1) and Sch. 1 cl. 67	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Revenue Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 2008 s. 33	31 of 2008	27 Jun 2008	28 Jun 2008 (see s. 2(b))
First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2009	27 of 2009	17 Nov 2009	s. 3 and Pt. 2: 14 Oct 2008 (see s. 2(b)); s. 1 and 2: 17 Nov 2009 (see s. 2(a)); Pt. 4: 18 Nov 2009 (see s. 2(d)); Pt. 3: 1 Jan 2010 (see s. 2(c) and Gazette 22 Dec 2009 p. 5253)
Revenue Laws Amendment and Repeal Act 2010 Pt. 3	17 of 2010	25 Jun 2010	26 Jun 2010 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 2: The First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 as at 9 Jul 2010 (includes amendments listed above)

² The First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2001 s. 7 is a savings provision of no further effect.

³ The First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2003 s. 10 is a savings provision of no further effect.

⁴ The First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2004 Pt. 3 is a transitional provision of no further effect.

⁵ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

⁶ The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 20 was deleted by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

⁷ The First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2005 Pt. 3 reads as follows:

Part 3 — Transitional provisions

Division 1 — First home owner grant

5. Terms used in this Division

(1) In this Division —

commencement day means the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

FHOG Act means the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000;

relevant eligible transaction means an eligible transaction —

(a) relating to a relevant interest in land that is a licence or right of occupancy granted by a local government, as described in the FHOG Act section 6(1)(f) (as amended by this Act); and

(b) the commencement date of which is on or before the commencement day.

(2) A term used in this Division that is defined in the FHOG Act has the same meaning in this Division as it has in that Act.

6. Application of amendments to FHOG Act section 12

(1) If, before the commencement day, a person was not ineligible under the FHOG Act section 12 to be an applicant for a first home owner grant, the person does not become ineligible under that section on and after that day to be such an applicant only because of the amendments to that Act effected by section 4.

(2) However, subsection (1) applies only if the commencement date of the eligible transaction to which the application relates is on or before the commencement day.

7. Application of amendments to FHOG Act section 15

(1) If an application for a first home owner grant that relates to a relevant eligible transaction is made under the FHOG Act, section 15 of that Act applies to the application as if subsection (5) of that section were repealed and the following subsection were inserted instead —

“

(5) The application may only be made within the period —

(a) beginning on the commencement date of the relevant eligible transaction; and

(b) ending 12 months after the later of —

(i) the completion of the relevant eligible transaction; or

(ii) the day on which the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2005 receives the Royal Assent.

”.

(2) Subject to subsection (1) and section 6, the FHOG Act as in force on the commencement date of the relevant eligible transaction applies to and in relation to an application referred to in that subsection.

8. Application of amendments to existing first home owner grants

The amendments to the FHOG Act effected by section 4 do not affect the validity of a first home owner grant that has been paid, or authorised to be paid, before the commencement day.

Division 2 — Stamp duty

9. Terms used in this Division

(1) In this Division —

commencement day means the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

relevant instrument of transfer means an instrument of transfer —

(a) relating to a relevant interest in land that is a licence or right of occupancy granted by a local government, as described in the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 section 6(1)(f) (as amended by this Act); and

section 75AG means the Stamp Act 1921 section 75AG.

(2) A term used in this Division that is defined in section 75AG has the same meaning in this Division as it has in that section.

10. Assessment of duty under Stamp Act 1921 section 75AG for transfers relating to certain first home owners

If an application is made to the Commissioner under section 75AG for the amount of duty chargeable on a relevant instrument of transfer to be assessed under that section, section 75AG applies to the application as if subsection (4) of that section were repealed and the following subsection were inserted instead —  

“

(4) The application may only be made within the period —

(a) beginning on the commencement date of the eligible transaction to which the application relates; and

(b) ending 12 months after the later of —

(i) the completion of the eligible transaction; or

(ii) the day on which the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2005 receives the Royal Assent.

”.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
administration agreement 37(1)
applicant, 41A(1)
application 3(1)
approved 30(1A), 32(1)
Australian citizen 3(1), 7A
authorised investigator 3(1), 48(3)
building 3(1)
cap amount 3(1), 14AD
class 1 eligible transaction 14B(1)
class 2 eligible transaction 14B(1a)
class 3 eligible transaction 14B(1b)
class 4 eligible transaction 14B(2)
class 5 eligible transaction 14B(3)
class 6 eligible transaction 14B(4A)
class 7 eligible transaction 14B(4B)
commencement date 3(1), 14AA(1)
Commissioner 3(1)
completed 3(1), 14AA(2)
comprehensive home building contract 3(1)
confidential information 65(7)
consideration 3(1), 14AB
corresponding Commissioner 3(1)
corresponding law 3(1)
cut-off date 14A
de facto partner 3(1)
decision on the application 26
document 47(3)
eligibility criteria 3(1)
eligible transaction 3(1), 14(1)
established home 14A
first home owner grant 3(1)
first home owner grant scheme 3(1)
guardian 3(1)
home 3(1), 4
home owner 5
identity card 3(1)
interested person 16(3)
licensed valuer 41A(1)
new home 14A
non-conforming interest 6(3)
objector 26
option to purchase 3(1)
outstanding amount 58(1)(a)(i)
owner 3(1), 5
owner builder 3(1)
permanent resident 3(1), 7B
premises 3(1)
property 3(1)
registered 55(6)
Registrar 3(1)
relevant amount 19(3)
relevant date 14A
relevant day 21(3)
relevant interest 3(1), 6(1)
relevant material 3(1)
repayment arrangement 3(1)
required repayment 52(1)(a)
required residence period 3(1), 13(2)
residence requirements 3(1)
residential property 3(1), 3(2)
special eligible transaction 14A
spouse 3(1), 7(1)
State 65(7)
substantially renovated home 14A
take-up period 3(1), 13(5)
taxation law 3(1)
the applicant 11(1)(b)
the home 3(1)
the other grant 11(1)(b)
total value 3(1), 14AC(1)
transaction 3(1)
unencumbered value 3(1), 14AE(1)