Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1) (Cth)

Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 138

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.

Dated 24 June 2008

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN SNOWDON

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 July 2008.

Amendment of Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Regulations 1991

Schedule 1 amends the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Regulations 1991.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] After regulation 5

insert

Use and disclosure of personal information – prescribed purposes

For subsection 36A (2) of the Act, the following purposes are prescribed:

(a)determining a person’s eligibility for a subsidy under the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008, including whether or not a member continues to be eligible;

(b)determining the amount of a person’s subsidy, including correcting or updating the member’s subsidy amount;

(c)deciding whether or not to authorise subsidy payments;

(d)identifying errors or overpayments of subsidy;

(e)implementing the findings of the internal review of a decision under the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008;

(f)administering eligibility and entitlements under the Act, including correcting or updating the member’s subsidy amount;

(g)any other purpose that is reasonably necessary for the administration of the Act.

Note

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