Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 14 of 1991 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 15 December 2008
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 144 of 2008
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may
be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and
Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra
Contents
Part 1--Introductory 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1
3............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 1
3A......... Operational service member ............................................................. 10
3B......... Warlike service member .................................................................... 11
3C......... Minister may declare warlike service ............................................... 11
4............ When do former members stop being eligible members? .................. 12
5............ Ownership of house ......................................................................... 12
6............ Family members ............................................................................... 13
7............ Breaking continuity of service .......................................................... 13
8............ Multiple surviving spouses or de facto partners .............................. 13
9............ Approval of agreement etc. .............................................................. 14
Part 2--Entitlement certificates, loan increases and sales, purchases and transfers 15
Division 1--Entitlement certificates 15
10.......... Application for certificate ................................................................ 15
11.......... Issue of certificate ............................................................................. 15
12.......... Criteria for issue of certificate .......................................................... 16
13.......... Cancellation, variation or revocation of certificate ........................... 18
Division 2--Loan increases 19
14.......... Application for approval in relation to loan increase ....................... 19
15.......... Grant of approval ............................................................................. 19
16.......... Revocation of approval .................................................................... 20
Division 3--Sale etc. of houses subject to subsidised loans 21
17.......... Application for approval in relation to sale, purchase or transfer ... 21
18.......... Grant of approval ............................................................................. 21
19.......... Revocation of approval .................................................................... 22
Part 3--Subsidy 23
20.......... When does subsidy become payable? .............................................. 23
20A....... Condition of payment of subsidy--subsidy under one scheme only 25
21.......... Maximum amounts on which subsidy is payable ............................ 25
22.......... Minimum amounts on which subsidy is payable ............................. 25
23.......... Subsidy period--eligible persons ..................................................... 26
24.......... Subsidy period--widows and widowers .......................................... 29
25.......... Calculation of amounts of subsidy ................................................... 30
26.......... Joint loans to entitled persons who are spouses or de facto partners 31
27.......... Cancellation of subsidy .................................................................... 31
28.......... Request to cancel subsidy ................................................................ 32
29.......... When does subsidy stop? ................................................................. 33
30.......... What happens on the death of a borrower who is an eligible person? 34
31.......... Recovery of certain payments by Commonwealth .......................... 35
32.......... Waiver etc. ........................................................................................ 37
Part 4--Miscellaneous 38
33.......... Internal review of reviewable decisions ............................................ 38
34.......... Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal .............. 39
35.......... Subclause 8.4 of agreement not to be revoked or varied ................... 39
36.......... Exchange of information ................................................................... 39
36A....... Use and disclosure of personal information ..................................... 40
37.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 41
38.......... Appropriation .................................................................................. 42
39.......... Annual report ................................................................................... 42
40.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 42
Schedule 1--Agreement between the Commonwealth and the Bank 43
Schedule 2--Consequential amendments of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918 103
Notes 105
An Act providing for the payment of home loan subsidies in respect of certain members of the Defence Force and certain other persons, and for related purposes
Notes to
the
Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act
1990 Note 1 The Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 as
shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 14, 1991 amended as indicated
in the Tables below. For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving
or transitional provisions see Table A. Table of Acts
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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14, 1991 |
21 Jan 1991 |
Part 1 (ss. 1-9) and Schedule 1: Royal Assent |
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152, 1991 |
21 Oct 1991 |
S. 4(a): 21 Jan 1991 |
-- |
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70, 1992 |
26 June 1992 |
Part 7 (s. 88): Royal Assent (a) |
-- |
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91, 1992 |
30 June 1992 |
Ss. 1-12 and |
-- |
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95, 1993 |
22 Dec 1993 |
22 Dec 1993 |
-- |
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61, 1994 |
19 May 1994 |
19 May 1994 |
-- |
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43, 1995 |
15 June 1995 |
Schedule 3: (b) |
-- |
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56, 1996 |
8 Nov 1996 |
Schedule 1 (items 1-3): 28 May 1992 |
Sch. 1 (item 44) |
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116, 1999 |
22 Sept 1999 |
Schedule 6 (item 1): Royal Assent (c) |
-- |
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|
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001 |
10, 2001 |
22 Mar 2001 |
Schedule 2 (items 40-43, 94, 95): 19 Apr 2001 (d) |
Sch. 2 (items 94, 95) |
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135, 2003 |
17 Dec 2003 |
Schedule 2 (items 26, 27): Royal Assent |
-- |
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|
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 |
52, 2004 |
27 Apr 2004 |
Schedule 3 (items 15-18): 1 July 2004 ( see s. 2) |
-- |
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121, 2005 |
6 Oct 2005 |
Schedule 5: (e) |
-- |
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45, 2006 |
22 May 2006 |
Schedule 2 (item 1): 22 Nov 2006 |
-- |
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137, 2006 |
30 Nov 2006 |
30 Nov 2006 |
-- |
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81, 2007 |
21 June 2007 |
21 June 2007 |
-- |
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Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 |
28, 2008 |
23 June 2008 |
Schedule 1 (items 1-5): 1 July 2008 (see s. 2(1)) |
-- |
|
Same‑Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008 |
144, 2008 |
9 Dec 2008 |
Schedule 4 (items 2-46): 10 Dec 2008 |
Sch. 4 (items 16, 22, 24, 35) |
(a) The Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 was amended by Part 7 (section 88) only of the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1992, paragraph 2 (1) (f) of which provides as follows:
(1) The following provisions commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent:
(f) Part 7;
(b) The Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 was amended by the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced immediately before 1 September 1994.
(c) The Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 6 (item 1) only of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(d) The Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 40-43) only of the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the 28th day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(e) Subsection 2(1) (item 3) of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2005 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act 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.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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3. Schedule 5 |
Immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. |
1 January 2005 |
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part 1 |
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S. 3 ..................................... |
am. No. 152, 1991; Nos. 70 and 91, 1992; No. 95, 1993; No. 56, 1996; No. 116, 1999; No. 10, 2001; No. 135, 2003; No. 52, 2004; No. 137, 2006; No. 81, 2007; Nos. 28 and 144, 2008 |
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S. 3A .................................. |
ad. No. 152, 1991 |
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S. 3B .................................. |
ad. No. 95, 1993 |
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S. 3C .................................. |
ad. No. 95, 1993 |
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am. No. 121, 2005 |
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S. 4 ..................................... |
am. No. 152, 1991; No. 91, 1992; No. 43, 1995; No. 135, 2003 |
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Ss. 5, 6................................ |
am. No. 144, 2008 |
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S. 8...................................... |
rs. No. 144, 2008 |
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Part 2 |
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Division 1 |
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S. 10 ................................... |
am. No. 152, 1991; No. 144, 2008 |
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S. 12 ................................... |
am. No. 152, 1991; No. 95, 1993; No. 56, 1996; Nos. 28 and 144, 2008 |
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S. 13 ................................... |
am. No. 91, 1992 |
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Division 2 |
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S. 14 ................................... |
am. No. 152, 1991; No. 56, 1996; No. 144, 2008 |
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S. 15.................................... |
am. No. 144, 2008 |
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Division 3 |
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Ss. 17, 18............................ |
am. No. 144, 2008 |
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Part 3 |
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S. 20.................................... |
am. No. 144, 2008 |
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S. 20A ................................ |
ad. No. 28, 2008 |
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Ss. 21, 22............................ |
am. No. 56, 1996 |
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S. 23 ................................... |
am. No. 152, 1991; No. 95, 1993; No. 56, 1996 |
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S. 24 ................................... |
am. No. 152, 1991; No. 95, 1993; No. 56, 1996; No. 52, 2004; No. 144, 2008 |
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Heading to s. 26.................. |
am. No. 144, 2008 |
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S. 26.................................... |
am. No. 56, 1996; No. 144, 2008 |
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Ss. 29, 30............................ |
am. No. 144, 2008 |
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Part 4 |
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S. 35 ................................... |
am. No. 61, 1994 |
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S. 36A ................................ |
ad. No. 28, 2008 |
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am. No. 144, 2008 |
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S. 37 ................................... |
am. No. 45, 2006; No. 28, 2008 |
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Defence Legislation amendment Act (No. 1) 1996 (No. 56, 1996)
Schedule 1
44 Application
(1) The amendments made by items 5 to 13, 15, 16, 17 and 41 do not apply to a person who is a subsidised borrower on the day this item commences.
(2) The amendments made by items 29 to 40 only apply in relation to the statutory training obligation of a person, who is a subsidised borrower on the day this item commences, that is commenced after that day.
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001 (No. 10, 2001)
Schedule 2
94 Saving--old regulations
(1) Regulations that were in effect under any Act immediately before the commencement of this item continue to have effect after that time as if members of an arm of the Defence Force who were members of a particular part or component of that arm immediately before the commencement of this item were still members of that part or component after that time, even if that part or component no longer exists.
Example: Assume that, immediately before the commencement of this item, regulations imposed training obligations on members of the Air Force Specialist Reserve. Those obligations would continue to apply to former members of that Reserve after commencement, even though the Air Force Specialist Reserve itself is no longer mentioned in the Air Force Act 1923 and the members have now become members of the Air Force Reserve.
(2) However, regulations that continue in effect under this item do so only to the extent that they are not amended or revoked by later regulations.
95 Regulations about transitional matters
(1) The regulations may make provision in relation to other saving and transitional matters in connection with the amendments made by this Schedule.
(2) In particular, such regulations may deal with the status, after the commencement of the amendments, of persons who were members of the Defence Force immediately before that time.
(3) Subitem (2) does not limit the scope of subitem (1).
Same‑Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008 (No. 144, 2008)
Schedule 4
16 Application provision
The amendments of sections 10 and 12 of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 made by this Schedule apply in relation to an application for an entitlement certificate made on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
22 Application provision
The amendments of sections 14, 15, 17 and 18 of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 made by this Schedule apply in relation to an application made under section 14 of that Act on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
24 Application provision
If:
(a) a person is an entitled person immediately before the commencement of the amendment of paragraph 20(2)(d) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 made by this Schedule; and
(b) apart from this item, subsidy would not become payable to the person on a loan on or after that commencement; and
(c) subsidy would not become payable to the person on the loan only because of the amendment;
the amendment does not apply in respect of the person and the loan.
35 Application provision
To avoid doubt, the amendment of paragraph 29(c) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 made by this Schedule does not apply in relation to a subsidised loan on a property where the ownership of the property was converted from a joint tenancy into a tenancy in common with effect before the commencement of the amendment.