Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Home Deposit Assistance Act 1982 No. 40 of 1982 - SECT 5

5. Where a person is-

   (a)  a prescribed person in relation to a dwelling; or

   (b)  an applicant in respect of an application in relation to a dwelling,
and the Secretary is satisfied that-

   (c)  the person-

        (i)    was, on the prescribed date, the spouse of a prescribed person
               in relation to the dwelling;

        (ii)   has resided in the dwelling as his principal place of
               residence; and

        (iii)  no longer so resides and does not intend so to reside within a
               reasonable time; or

   (d)  the person has not resided in the dwelling as his principal place of
        residence and does not intend so to reside within a reasonable time,
        the Secretary may, in his discretion, direct that, for the purposes of
        this Act, the person is to be deemed not to be, and never to have
        been-

   (e)  where paragraph (a) applies-a prescribed person in relation to the
        dwelling; or

   (f)  where paragraph (b) applies-an applicant in respect of the
        application.