Housing (Amendment) Act 1963 (NSW)

HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 16, 1963.

An Act to empower The Housing Commission of New South Wales to grant rebates of rentals in certain circumstances; to authorise the said Commission to carry out certain works on behalf of any Minister of State of New South Wales or the Commonwealth and certain other bodies and to receive advances from certain statutory bodies; for these purposes to amend the Housing Act, 1912-1960, and the Housing Act, 1941-1955; to validate certain matters; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 3rd April, 1963.]

BE	it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows: —

1.       (1) This Act may be cited as the "Housing (Amend­

ment) Act, 1963".

Act, 1941-1963.

(2) The Housing Act, 1912, as amended by subse­ quent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Housing Act, 1912-1963.

(3) The Housing Act, 1941, as amended by subse­
quent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Housing

1. (1) The Housing Act, 1912, as amended by subse­

quent Acts, is amended—

(a) by omitting subsections six and seven of section eight and by inserting in lieu thereof the following subsections : —

(6) The Commission may, in such circum­ stances and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act, grant rebates of rental to a tenant of any dwelling erected on land vested in or acquired by it.

(7) Until regulations referred to in subsection six of this section are made the Commission shall have power to grant rebates of rental to a tenant of any such dwelling in such circumstances and in such amounts as the Commission, having regard to his family income, may determine.

(b)	by inserting in the heading to section eighteen after the word "buildings" the words "and works";
(c)	by inserting in subsection two of the same section after the word "buildings" where firstly occurring the words "and carry out works";
(d)	by inserting in the same subsection after the word "buildings" where secondly occurring the words "or the carrying out of the works";
(e)	by inserting at the end of the same subsection the
following new paragraph : — In this subsection "works" includes road, drain­ age, and site developmental works and any other works incidental thereto.

(2) (a) Any rebate of rental granted under the pro­ visions of subsection seven of section eight of the Housing Act, 1912-1960, and in force immediately before the com­ mencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been granted under the provisions of subsection seven of section eight of the Housing Act, 1912-1960, as amended by this Act.

(b)

(b) The amendment made by paragraph (a) of subsection one of this section shall not invalidate the exercise before the commencement of this Act of any power referred to in subsection seven of section eight of the Housing Act, 1912-1960, whether exercised before or after the commence- ment of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1949.

3. The Housing Act, 1941, as amended by subsequent Acts, is amended by inserting next after section twenty-two the following new section : —

22A. The Commission shall have power and shall be deemed always to have had power, with the approval of the Treasurer and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon including terms and conditions as to repayment of principal and payment of interest, to receive advances from any statutory body representing the Crown and incorporated under any Act or Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, or both, and the foregoing provisions of this Division (subsection four of section twenty and subsection one of section twenty-two excepted) shall not apply and shall be deemed never to have applied to or in respect of any such advance.