Workers' Homes Act Amendment Act 1943 (WA)

WORKERS' HOMES.

7° GEO. VI., No. XVI.

No. 21 of 1943.

AN ACT to amend the Workers' Homes Act, 1911- 1941, by making provision therein for the erection by the Workers' Homes Board of small dwelling- houses, the letting of the same on a weekly ten- ancy basis to persons who could not otherwise afford to obtain dwelling houses under the pro- visions of that Act, the making of advances to householders for the purpose of improving the standard of the dwelling-house, and for other incidental purposes.

[Assented to 25th October, 1943.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,by and with the advice and consent of the Legisla- tive Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1.    This Act may be cited as the 'Yorkers' Homes Act Short title.

Amendment Act, 1943, and shall be read as one with the Workers' Homes Act, 1911-1941 (No. 8 of 1911 as reprinted), hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.

2. Section two of the principal Act is hereby amended Amendment

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PART IV.A.—WEEKLY TENANCIES AND ADVANCES TO

HOUSEHOLDERS.

Amendment

of s. 3 of the 3. Section three of the principal Act is amended

principal Act.	(a)	by adding after the definition of "This Act"
New defini-

tion. the following new definition:

Weekly	"Weekly tenancy" means a weekly tenancy
tenancy.

under part W.A of this Act.;

(b) by amending the definition of "Worker's dwelling" by adding at the end of the defini- tion the following words:

"and includes a dwelling-house on land the subject of a converted weekly tenancy under Part WA of this Act."

Amendment

of s. 6 of the	4. Section six of the principal Act is amended
principal Act.

(a) by adding after the word "moneys" in the first line of subsection (2) the following words in parentheses:—

" (except funds of the Board under sub-

section (2a) of this section)";

(b) by inserting a subsection after subsection (2),

as follows:

(2a) All funds to the credit of the Board from time to time for the purpose of Part IV.A of this Act, shall he placed to the credit of a separate account at the Treasury, to be called "The Workers' Homes (Weekly Ten- ancy) Account," and shall be made available by the Treasurer to the Board from time to time at his discretion and operated on in the prescribed manner.

Insertion of	5. The following new Part and sections are inserted
new Part and

sections. after section forty-eight of the principal Act:—

PART W.A.—WEEKLY TENANCIES.

Weekly

tenancies.

48A. (1) The Board may use any available dedicated land and purchase or acquire and set aside lands for the purpose of erecting dwelling-houses thereon, to be let out on a weekly tenancy basis to workers.

(2) Every person desirous of obtaining a dwelling-

house on a weekly tenancy under the provisions of this

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Part shall make application in the prescribed form to the Board. Every such application shall be supported by such evidence as is prescribed or as the Board may require.

If the application is granted the applicant shall take possession of the dwelling-house and commence to	On granting
of applica-
tion appli-
cant to take
occupy the same within such time as the Board may re-	possession of
dwelling-
quire, but before entering into possession the applicant	house.
shall be required to sign a tenancy agreement in the pre- scribed form setting out the terms and conditions of the weekly tenancy.

48B.

Subject to the preceding provisions, the Board is hereby authorised out of the account established under	Board to in-
sure against
fire.
section six (2a) to effect all insurances necessary to keep any dwelling-house erected under this Part insured against the risk of fire.

48C.

48D.

(1) The Board may in its discretion at any time, if it is satisfied that a weekly tenant would, if the tenancy

Weekly tenan-

cies may be

converted to

perpetual

of the dwelling-house under this Part were converted to

leaseholds

under

a leasehold interest under Part III. be able to carry out

Part III.

the terms and conditions applicable, in that event grant the tenant a lease of the land subject to the provisions of Part III.

(2) The lands the subject of any such converted ten- ancy shall be dedicated by the Governor under section eight for the purpose of this Act.

48E. (1) The Board may, for the purpose of afford- Advances to householders

ing assistance to any person (whether a worker within for the pur-

POS O of

the meaning of this Act or not) make advances to appli- provement of meat

the standar d

cants to enable alterations or additions to be made to of dwelling-

the dwelling-house of the applicant so that such dwel- house.

ling-house may be brought into conformity with the

building, health or other by-laws or standards of the

local authority of the district in which such dwelling-

house is situate, or to improve the standard of comfort

or convenience of such dwelling house.

For the purposes of this section "Local Authority" shall include the Metropolitan Water Supply Department, and "additions" shall include the installation or im- provement of water supply, sewerage and drainage systems and all necessary fittings.

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No advance shall be made under this section un-

less the applicant satisfies the Board that his financial

position justifies the assistance applied for.

(2)

Advances shall be made to and received by the applicant upon such terms and conditions as to the security for any such advance, the rate of and times for the payment of interest and repayment of principal and other matters as are prescribed by regulations made under this Act. In so far as they can be made applicable all relevant provisions of this Act shall apply to advances made under this section: Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act or this Act the Board shall be at liberty to make an advance under this section notwithstanding that the dwelling house is encum- bered by a previous mortgage or charge.

(3)

6. The principal Act as amended by this Act may be