Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HOUSING ACT 1980 - SECT 49

49 .         Financial assistance from Commonwealth — powers of Minister and Authority

        (1)         The Minister and the Authority subject to the Minister are hereby respectively authorised to do all acts and things necessary or convenient for the purpose of enabling the State to participate in any scheme or arrangement for the granting of financial assistance by the Commonwealth for housing purposes.

        (2)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) —

            (a)         the Minister and the Authority, on behalf of the State, are hereby respectively invested with such powers, functions, duties and responsibilities as are necessary or convenient for —

                  (i)         enabling the State, and the Minister and the Authority on behalf of the State, to obtain such grants, assistance and benefits as are provided or capable of being provided under a Commonwealth Housing Act or a Housing Agreement; and

                  (ii)         enabling the State, and the Minister and the Authority, to fulfil such conditions and comply with such other requirements as are necessary for obtaining the grants, assistance and benefits referred to in subparagraph (i);

            (b)         the Authority, on behalf of the State, shall maintain any account necessary to comply with conditions imposed by, and fulfil objects and purposes set out in, a Commonwealth Housing Act or in a Housing Agreement and may pay moneys into, expend and advance moneys from, and generally operate any such account so as to comply with those conditions and fulfil those objects and purposes.

        [Section 49 amended by No. 28 of 2006 s. 332.]