Housing Australia Future Fund (Treasury) Amendment (Measures No. 1) Delegations 2025
I, Clare O’Neil, Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, and Minister for Cities, make the following delegations.
Dated 31 July 2025
Clare O’Neil
Minister for Housing
Minister for Homelessness
Minister for Cities
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Housing Australia Future Fund (Housing Minister to officials of the Department of Social Services) Delegation 2025
Housing Australia Future Fund (Treasury) Delegations 2024
1 Name
This instrument is the Housing Australia Future Fund (Treasury) Amendment (Measures No. 1) Delegations 2025.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Housing Australia Future Fund (Housing Minister to officials of the Department of Social Services) Delegation 2025
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.
Note: Housing Australia Future Fund (Housing Minister to officials of the Department of Social Services) Delegation 2025 was not registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Housing Australia Future Fund (Treasury) Delegations 2024
2 After section 6
Insert:
7 Delegations by the Minister for Housing as a designated Minister
Delegation
(1) Under subsection 63(1) of the Act, each person holding, occupying or performing the duties of each of the following offices or positions in the Treasury, is delegated all of the Housing Minister’s functions and powers under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act (other than subsection 18(3)):
(a) the Secretary;
(b) a Deputy Secretary;
(c) an SES employee.
Note 1: Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act is about making of grants of financial assistance in relation to acute housing needs, social housing, and affordable housing.
Note 2: Subsection 18(3) of the Act is about making grants of financial assistance to the States and Territories.
Note 3: All SES employees in Treasury have expertise appropriate to the delegated functions and powers.
(2) Under subsection 63(1) of the Act, each person holding, occupying or performing the duties of each of the following offices or positions in the Department of Social Services, is delegated all of the Housing Minister’s functions and powers under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act (other than subsection 18(3)):
(a) the Secretary;
(b) an SES employee with responsibility for making grants in relation to acute housing needs.
Note 1: The Department of Social Services is providing grants administration services to the Treasury through the Community Grants Hub.
Note 2: Officials in the Community Grants Hub have expertise appropriate to the delegated functions and powers.
Directions
(3) Under subsection 63(2) of the Act, a delegate under subsections (1) and (2) of this section is directed to exercise the function or power in a manner consistent with all of the following:
(a) a grant of financial assistance may only be provided to a person or body if the Housing Minister has decided the grant should be made and the Housing Minister has requested the Finance Minister transfer a specified amount, which includes an amount for the grant, to the Housing Australia Future Fund Payments Special Account under subsection 26(1) of the Act;
(b) the specified amount has been credited to the Housing Australia Future Fund Payments Special Account under subsection 26(4) of the Act;
(c) an amount for the grant has not subsequently been debited from the Housing Australia Future Fund Payments Special Account under subsection 26(8) of the Act;
(d) the delegate also has delegated authority under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to make the grant, up to the amount of the grant; and
(e) in relation to a delegate under subsection (2) of this section—the Partnership Agreement between the Department of Social Services representing the Community Grants Hub and the Treasury in relation to the provision of grants administration services.