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HOUSING ACT 1980 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Housing Act 1980 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Housing Act 1980

58 of 1980

24 Nov 1980

1 Jan 1981 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Dec 1980 p. 4349)

Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1982 s. 28

10 of 1982

14 May 1982

1 Jul 1982 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 25 Jun 1982 p. 2079)

Housing Amendment Act 1983 6

62 of 1983

13 Dec 1983

Act other than s. 4: 13 Dec 1983 (see s. 2(1));
s. 4: 1 Jan 1984 (see s. 2(2))

Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985 s. 3

98 of 1985

4 Dec 1985

1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255)

Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993 s. 11 and 14(3)

6 of 1993

27 Aug 1993

1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2(1))

Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19

32 of 1994

29 Jun 1994

1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)

Planning Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 s. 46(7)

84 of 1994

13 Jan 1995

1 Mar 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Feb 1995 p. 567)

Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 s. 188

73 of 1995

27 Dec 1995

1 Jan 1996 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 29 Dec 1995 p. 6291)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 s. 3

41 of 1996

10 Oct 1996

1 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 12 Nov 1996 p. 6301)

Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996 s. 64

49 of 1996

25 Oct 1996

25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1))

Transfer of Land Amendment Act 1996 s. 153(1)

81 of 1996

14 Nov 1996

14 Nov 1996 (see s. 2(1))

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 33

31 of 1997

3 Oct 1997

30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 9(2)

10 of 1998

30 Apr 1998

30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Housing Act 1980 as at 27 May 1999 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Financial Sector Reform) Act 1999 s. 87

26 of 1999

29 Jun 1999

1 Jul 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1999 p. 2905)

Building Societies Amendment Act 2001 s. 49 and 51

12 of 2001

13 Jul 2001

13 Jul 2001 (see s. 2)

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act (No. 2) 2003 Pt. 10

20 of 2003

23 Apr 2003

15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2(1) and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)

Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 Pt. 29

28 of 2003

22 May 2003

1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579)

Housing Societies Repeal Act 2005 s. 28 

17 of 2005

5 Oct 2005

10 Jul 2010 (see s. 2(3) and Gazette 9 Jul 2010 p. 3239)

Planning and Development (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005 s. 15

38 of 2005

12 Dec 2005

9 Apr 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Mar 2006 p. 1078)

Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 10 Div. 4 7

28 of 2006

26 Jun 2006

1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)

Reprint 2: The Housing Act 1980 as at 18 Aug 2006 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Housing Societies Repeal Act 2005)

Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 137

60 of 2006

16 Nov 2006

1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)

Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4 and Sch. 1 cl. 87

77 of 2006

21 Dec 2006

1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)

Duties Legislation Amendment Act 2008 Sch. 1 cl. 17

12 of 2008

14 Apr 2008

1 Jul 2008 (see s. 2(d))

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2009 s. 17

46 of 2009

3 Dec 2009

4 Dec 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Aboriginal Housing Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Pt. 2

6 of 2010

25 May 2010

1 Jul 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 22 Jun 2010 p. 2767)

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51

19 of 2010

28 Jun 2010

it. 31 the amendment to s. 5(1): 11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341);
it. 31 the amendment to s. 55(5) other than the amendment to delete “or on termination” and insert “or (ii) on termination”: 11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 89

39 of 2010

1 Oct 2010

1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)

Reprint 3: The Housing Act 1980 as at 10 Dec 2010 (includes amendments listed above)

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51 8

19 of 2010

28 Jun 2010

it. 31 the amendment to s. 55(5) the amendment to delete “or on termination” and insert “or (ii) on termination”: to be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 5 Div. 2 9

60 of 2011

14 Dec 2011

To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

2 The body preserved and continued by this Act is now called the “Housing Authority” (see s. 6).

3 The body corporate established under the State Housing Act 1946 (the repealed Act) was called “The State Housing Commission”. (See s. 8 of the repealed Act).

4 Repealed by the Housing Societies Repeal Act 2005.

5 Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984 s. 77(1).

6 The Housing Amendment Act 1983 s. 4(2) is a transitional provision that is of no further effect.

7 The Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 10 Div. 6 reads as follows:


Division 6 — Transitional matters

336. Financial reporting

(1) Despite the continuation of the former bodies as part of the Housing Authority, section 65A of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 applies in relation to the preparation and submission of a final report in respect of the former body as if —

(a) at commencement, it were abolished;

(b) references in that section to a department were references to the former body; and

(c) references in that section to provisions of sections 62 to 65 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 were references to the equivalent provisions of sections 66 to 70 of that Act,

except that —

(d) the period to which the final report is to relate is the final period; and

(e) the references in sections 66(1), 68 and 70(1) to the end of the financial year are to be read as references to the end of the final period.

(2) If at commencement, any duty imposed by Part II Division 14 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 on the accountable authority of the former body has not been complied with in relation to the former body for any financial year that expired before commencement, that duty subsists and is to be performed by the reporting officer as if the reporting officer were the accountable authority.

(3) The time within which the reporting officer is to perform a duty referred to in subsection (2) is extended until the end of the day that is 2 months after the day on which the reporting officer is appointed, but this subsection does not prevent the time from being extended again under section 70 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.

(4) The Housing Authority is to give the reporting officer access to all records necessary for the purposes of this section.

(5) In this section —

final period means the period starting at the beginning of the 1 July immediately before commencement and ending immediately before commencement;

reporting officer means the person appointed under section 65A(2) of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 as applied because of subsection (1).

337. References to former bodies

After commencement, a reference to the former body in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Housing Authority unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.

338. Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964

(1) The Government Employees’ Housing Fund referred to in section 24(1) of the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 as in force after commencement is a continuation of the Government Employees’ Housing Authority Fund referred to in that section as in force before commencement.

(2) After commencement, a reference to the Government Employees’ Authority Housing Fund in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Government Employees’ Housing Fund referred to in section 24(1) of the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 as in force after commencement unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.

339. Housing Act 1980

(1) After commencement, a reference to The State Housing Commission in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Housing Authority unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.

(2) The office of chief executive officer of the Housing Authority is a continuation of the office of general manager of The State Housing Commission referred to in the Housing Act 1980 as in force before commencement.

(3) The Housing Authority Fund referred to in section 62(2) of the Housing Act 1980 as in force after commencement is a continuation of The State Housing Commission Fund referred to in that subsection as in force before commencement.

(4) After commencement, a reference to The State Housing Commission Fund in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Housing Authority Fund referred to in section 62(2) of the Housing Act 1980 as in force after commencement unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.

(5) Section 69 of the Housing Act 1980, as in force before commencement, continues to apply in relation to things done or omitted to be done and agreements entered into before commencement.

340. Interpretation

In this Division —

commencement means the time at which section 314 comes into operation;

former body means —

(a) the Country Housing Authority established by section 4 of the Country Housing Act 1998 as in force before commencement;

(b) the Government Employees’ Housing Authority established by section 8 of the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 as in force before commencement;

Housing Authority means the Housing Authority referred to in section 6(4) of the Housing Act 1980 as in force after commencement.


8 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51 Table item 31 part of the amendment to s. 55(5) had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


51. Various written laws amended

(1) This section amends the written laws listed in the Table.

(2) Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table.

Table

Provision

Delete

Insert

31. Housing Act 1980

s. 55(5)

or on termination

or

(ii) on termination


9 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 5 Div. 2 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


Part 5 — Amendments to other Acts

Division 2 — Housing Act 1980 amended

99. Act amended

This Division amends the Housing Act 1980.

100. Section 62G amended

(1) In section 62G(1)(b) delete “owner,” and insert


lessor,


(2) In section 62G(2) delete “owner” and insert


lessor



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)
AAPA 62A
AAPA Act 62A
Aboriginal entity 62A
Aboriginal land 62A
Account 5(1)
additions 38(2)
agency agreement 62J(1)
ALT 62A
approved form 5(1)
approved lending institution 47(2)
approved person 47(2), 61(2)
Authority 5(1)
Commonwealth Housing Act 48, 52(1)
community facilities and amenities 12A(2), 61(2)
Crown land 5(1)
document 11B(4)
eligible person 5(2)
employing authority 18A(4)
former body 6(5)
home finance moneys 52(1)
house 5(1)
Housing Agreement 48, 52(1)
housing management agreement 62A
housing purposes 48
information 11B(4)
instrument of constitution 52(1)
interest rate 33(7), 42(4)
land 5(1)
lease 62A
lending institution 52(1)
loan 5(1)
loan agreement 52(1)
local government 5(1), 38(2)
merger time 6(5)
Minister for Indigenous Affairs 62L(1)
mortgage 5(1)
new house 46(2)(b)
nominated house 62A, 62D(2)
nominated lot 62A, 62D(1)
officer of the Authority 5(1)
owner 5(1)
public authority 5(1)
Public Service 18A(4)
purchase 5(1)
rent 62E(1)
rents 31(3)
repealed Act 5(1)
reserved Aboriginal land 62M(1)
residential tenancy agreement 62A
section 5(1)
sell 5(1)
specialized housing 60(2)
street 5(1)
subdivided land 24(2)
subsection 5(1)
tenancy agreement 5(1)
tenant 5(1)
Treasurer 5(1)




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