Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACT 1996 - SECT 5

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a form of agreement dealing with the provision of housing assistance.

             (2)  If the form is varied or revoked, the variation or revocation does not affect the validity of an inter‑government housing agreement entered into before the variation or revocation took effect.

             (3)  The form of agreement is to include provisions relating to the following matters:

                     (a)  the making of grants to a State or States;

                     (b)  the amounts, or the formula for determining the amounts, of the grants;

                     (c)  the obligations of a State in relation to the spending of the grants;

                     (d)  arrangements for the planning, funding and carrying out of identified housing programs;

                     (e)  expenditure by a State from its own resources in accordance with subsection 9(1);

                      (f)  the planning by a State of the housing assistance to be provided out of the grants and out of State housing expenditure;

                     (g)  the rights and obligations of the people to whom the assistance is to be provided;

                     (h)  the measurement of the performance of a State in the carrying out of its obligations under an agreement entered into by the State substantially in accordance with the form;

                      (i)  the reporting by a State of its operations under such an agreement;

                      (j)  arrangements for the evaluation of such an agreement.

             (4)  Section 42 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 applies to an instrument determining, varying or revoking a form of agreement under subsection (1).

Note:          Section 42 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 deals with disallowance of legislative instruments.