Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HOMES SAVINGS GRANTS ACT 1976 No. 183 of 1976 - SECT 9

9. (1) For the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  the construction of a dwelling-house shall be deemed to have commenced
        on-

        (i)    the day of which work commenced on the laying of the
               foundations of the dwelling-house; or

        (ii)   if the Secretary determines that, having regard to all the
               circumstances, the construction of the dwelling-house should be
               treated as having commenced on a later day-that later day; and

   (b)  the completion of the construction of a partly constructed
        dwelling-house shall be deemed to have commenced on such date as the
        Secretary determines, having regard to all the circumstances, should
        be treated as the date on which that construction commenced to be
        completed.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to the
construction of a dwelling-house by a person (whether through a
building-contractor or not) shall, if the construction of the dwelling- house
was commenced by another person (whether through a building- contractor or
not), be read as a reference to the completion of the construction of the
dwelling-house by the first-mentioned person.