Homes Savings Grant Acts Amendment Act 1982
No. 41 of 1982
An Act to amend the Homes Savings Grant Act 1964 and the Homes Savings Grant Act 1976 for the purpose of terminating their operation
[Assented to 2 June 1982]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Homes Savings Grant Acts Amendment Act 1982.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
PART II—AMENDMENT OF HOMES SAVINGS GRANT ACT 1964
Principal Act
3. The Homes Savings Grant Act 19641 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Applications for grants
4. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1d) and substituting the following sub-section:
“(1d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, a grant shall not be made to a person under this Act if the application for the grant is furnished after the day on which the Home Deposit Assistance Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent.”.
PART III—AMENDMENT OF HOMES SAVINGS GRANT ACT 1976
Principal Act
5. The Homes Savings Grant Act 19762 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Eligible persons
6. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by inserting in paragraph (2) (d) “or the Home Deposit Assistance Act 1982” after “1964”;
(b) by omitting from sub-section (4) “or under this Act” and substituting “, the Home Deposit Assistance Act 1982 or this Act”; and
(c) by omitting from sub-section (4) “or of this Act” and substituting “, the Home Deposit Assistance Act 1982 or this Act”.
Reports
7. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(3) The Secretary is not required by sub-section (1) to furnish a report as to the administration and operation of this Act during any year after the year ending on 30 June 1984.”.
8. After section 53 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Termination of operation of Act
“53a. (1) A grant is not payable to a sole applicant or to joint applicants if the prescribed date, or the date that is the assumed date for the purposes of sub-section 31 (12), in relation to the applicant or applicants is later than the day on which the Home Deposit Assistance Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent.
“(2) A grant is not payable to a sole applicant or to joint applicants unless—
(a) the application for the grant is furnished before the expiration of one month after the day referred to in sub-section (1); or
(b) written notice of intention to furnish the application is furnished to the Secretary or a Regional Director before the expiration of that month and the application is furnished before the expiration of the month next succeeding that month.”.
NOTES
1. No. 51, 1964, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 6, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 50, 1967; No. 14, 1970; No. 112, 1971; No. 78, 1972; No. 216, 1973; No. 49, 1975; Nos. 91 and 114, 1976; and Nos. 61 and 92, 1981.
2. No. 183, 1976, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 186, 1979; and No. 158, 1980.