New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL HOUSING ACT 1998 - SECT 20

20 Rights of AHO in relation to land in which it has an interest

(1) An AHO housing agreement may include conditions relating to any land of the registered Aboriginal housing organisation in which the AHO has an interest, including conditions that have effect if:

(a) the registered Aboriginal housing organisation fails to use the land for the purposes contemplated by the agreement, or

(b) the registered Aboriginal housing organisation proposes to sell or otherwise dispose of the land, or

(c) the registration of the registered Aboriginal housing organisation is revoked under this Act.

(2) For example, the conditions may:

(a) confer on the AHO an option or right to reacquire land transferred to the Aboriginal housing organisation, and

(b) confer on the AHO an option or right to acquire land purchased by the registered Aboriginal housing organisation with funding provided by the AHO, and

(c) require the registered Aboriginal housing organisation to pay to the AHO a sum determined in a manner specified in the agreement if the AHO does not exercise the option or right referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), and

(d) require the registered Aboriginal housing organisation to pay to the AHO a sum determined in a manner specified in the agreement for housing or other improvements made to the land by the AHO.