Homeless Persons Assistance Amendment Act 1978 (Cth)

HOMELESS PERSONS ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT ACT 1978

No. 114 of 1978

An Act to amend the Homeless Persons Assistance Act 1974.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Homeless Persons Assistance Amendment Act 1978.

(2) The Homeless Persons Assistance Act 1974 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “4” from the definition of “prescribed period” and substituting “5”.