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Queensland
STATE HOUSING
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
Queensland
STATE HOUSING
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Replacement of s 10B (District offices of the commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10B District offices and agents of the commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Replacement of s 15 (Administrative provisions--schedule) . . . . . . . . . . . 4
15 Application of administrative provisions of sch to commission . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 22B (Provision of land for industry, trade or business) . . 5
7 Amendment of s 22E (Audit of accounts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 23 (Power of commission to make advances to
eligible persons for erection of dwelling houses etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 24 (Power of commission to sell houses to
eligible persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 24C (Rental provisions regarding perpetual leases) . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 26 (Letting or leasing of houses to eligible persons) . . . . 7
12 Insertion of new pt 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 6B--APPLICATION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
ACT 1994
29F Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
29G Application of pt 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
29H Application of Residential Tenancies Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 33 (Rate of interest payable by borrowers and
purchasers of homes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Omission of s 46 (Orders in council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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State Housing Amendment
15 Insertion of new s 47A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
47A Approval of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Amendment of s 48 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
17 Amendment of sch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the State Housing Act 1945
s1 4 s5
State Housing Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the State Housing Amendment Act 1998. 3
4
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 5
amended 6
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the State Housing Act 1945. 7
of s 10B (District offices of the commission) 8
Replacement
Clause 4. Section 10B-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
offices and agents of the commission 11
`District
`10B. A regulation may-- 12
(a) establish a district office of the commission; or 13
(b) appoint an agent of the commission.'. 14
of s 15 (Administrative provisions--schedule) 15
Replacement
Clause 5. Section 15-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
of administrative provisions of sch to commission 18
`Application
`15. The provisions of the schedule apply to the commission in the 19
exercise of its powers under this Act.'. 20
s6 5 s7
State Housing Amendment
of s 22B (Provision of land for industry, trade or 1
Amendment
business) 2
Clause 6.(1) Section 22B(5), `by order in council'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`under a regulation'. 5
(2) Section 22B(6)-- 6
omit. 7
of s 22E (Audit of accounts) 8
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 22E(1)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(1) The auditor-general must audit the accounts of a person associated 11
with the commission.'. 12
(2) Section 22E(2), `Where pursuant' to `body of persons'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`If under subsection (1) the auditor-general must audit the accounts of a 15
person'. 16
(3) Section 22E(3), `of a body of persons'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`of a person'. 19
(4) Section 22E(4), (5) and (6)-- 20
omit. 21
(5) Section 22E(7)(c)-- 22
omit. 23
(6) Section 22E(7)-- 24
renumber as section 22E(4). 25
(7) Section 22E-- 26
insert-- 27
s8 6 s9
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`(5) In this section-- 1
"person associated with the commission" means a person with whom 2
the commission enters into, or participates in, a joint venture under 3
section 22D and-- 4
(a) with whom the commission is taken to be associated under 5
subsection (4); or 6
(b) to whom this section is, under a regulation, stated to apply.'. 7
of s 23 (Power to commission to make advances to 8
Amendment
eligible persons for erection of dwelling houses etc.) 9
Clause 8. Section 23(4)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(4) A regulation may fix the maximum amount that may be advanced 12
under this part.'. 13
of s 24 (Power to commission to sell houses to eligible 14
Amendment
persons) 15
Clause 9.(1) Section 24(3)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(3) A sale under this section must be on terms acceptable to the 18
commission.'. 19
(2) Section 24(3E)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(3E) The purchaser must pay interest on the balance of the purchasing 22
price at a rate determined by the Governor in Council. 23
`(3EA) The purchaser must make monthly payments to the commission 24
of-- 25
(a) the balance of the purchasing price payable; and 26
(b) interest payable under subsection (3E). 27
`(3EB) The amount of a monthly payment under subsection (3EA)(a) 28
and (b) is the amount decided by the commission.'. 29
s 10 7 s 12
State Housing Amendment
of s 24C (Rental provisions regarding perpetual leases) 1
Amendment
Clause 10.(1) Section 24C(5A), `by order in council'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`under a regulation'. 4
(2) Section 24C(5B)-- 5
omit. 6
of s 26 (Letting or leasing of houses to eligible persons) 7
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 26(1)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(1) The commission may let or lease a house to a person who is an 10
eligible person on terms acceptable to the commission.'. 11
(2) Section 26(1A), from `However,' to `satisfied that--'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`A person is an eligible person if--'. 14
of new pt 6B 15
Insertion
Clause 12. After part 6A, section 29E-- 16
insert-- 17
ART 6B--APPLICATION OF RESIDENTIAL 18
`P
TENANCIES ACT 1994 19
20
`Definition
`29F. In this part-- 21
"residential tenancy agreement" means an agreement to which the 22
Residential Tenancies Act 1994 applies. 23
s 13 8 s 15
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of pt 6B 1
`Application
`29G. This part applies to an agreement entered into under this Act 2
between the commission and another person that is a residential tenancy 3
agreement. 4
of Residential Tenancies Act 1994 5
`Application
`29H.(1) For applying this Act to a residential tenancy agreement-- 6
(a) a provision of this Act that is inconsistent with the Residential 7
Tenancies Act 1994 does not apply to the agreement to the extent 8
of the inconsistency; and 9
(b) the commission may exercise a power under this Act only to the 10
extent the exercise of the power is consistent with the Residential 11
Tenancies Act 1994. 12
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), sections 43 and 43A of this Act do 13
not apply to a residential tenancy agreement.'. 14
of s 33 (Rate of interest payable by borrowers and 15
Amendment
purchasers of homes) 16
Clause 13. Section 33(2C), from `by--'-- 17
omit. 18
of s 46 (Orders in council) 19
Omission
Clause 14. Section 46-- 20
omit. 21
of new s 47A 22
Insertion
Clause 15. After section 47-- 23
insert-- 24
of forms 25
`Approval
`47A. The commission may approve forms for use under this Act.'. 26
s 16 9 s 16
State Housing Amendment
of s 48 (Regulations) 1
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 48, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Regulation-making power'. 4
(2) Section 48(1)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.'. 7
(3) Section 48(2), `Without' to `purposes--'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Without limiting subsection (1), regulations may be made about--'. 10
(4) Section 48(2)-- 11
insert-- 12
`(la) keeping a register of contracts under the Act, including providing 13
for-- 14
(i) the type of information to be kept in, and type of documents 15
forming part of, the register; and 16
(ii) the form of the register and the documents forming part of 17
the register; and 18
(iii) requirements for registration, registration and the effect of 19
registration; and 20
(iv) an entitlement to search, and obtain copies of documents 21
forming part of, the register; and 22
(v) a fee to be paid to the commission, including a fee for-- 23
(A) searching the register; and 24
(B) obtaining copies of documents forming part of the 25
register; and 26
(C) registration of information or documents in the register; 27
and 28
(lb) providing for a fee to be paid for-- 29
s 17 10 s 17
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(i) an application made, or a consent sought, under the Act; and 1
(ii) a consent sought under a mortgage or contract under the Act; 2
and 3
(iii) producing a document to another person; and 4
(iv) a statement of account; and 5
(v) a dishonoured payment required under the Act or an 6
instrument made under the Act; and 7
(lc) providing for a fee or another amount to be paid by a person 8
under a mortgage or contract under the Act; and 9
(ld) providing for a fee payable for, and the effect of, the commission 10
certifying a copy of a document; and'. 11
(5) Section 48(3) and (4)-- 12
omit. 13
of sch 14
Amendment
Clause 17.(1) Schedule, section 12(1)(c)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(c) interest is payable on the day the commission decides;'. 17
(2) Schedule, section 12(1)(e), from `by payment on'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`by monthly payments-- 20
(i) due on a day decided by the commission; and 21
(ii) of an amount decided by the commission;'. 22
(3) Schedule, section 12(1)(f), from `by payment on'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`by monthly payments-- 25
(i) due on a day decided by the commission; and 26
(ii) of an amount decided by the commission.'. 27
(4) Schedule, section 13A(2)-- 28
s 17 11 s 17
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omit, insert-- 1
`(2) A second mortgage under subsection (1)(c) must be on terms 2
acceptable to the commission.'. 3
(5) Schedule, section 15(2A)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(2A) However, before the commission sells land by private sale under 6
this section, the land must first be offered for sale by public auction. 7
`(2B) Before selling land by public auction under this section, the 8
commission must publish a notice in a daily newspaper circulating 9
generally in the locality where the land is situated. 10
`(2C) A notice under subsection (2B) must-- 11
(a) identify the land; and 12
(b) state the land is to be sold by public auction; and 13
(c) state the time and place of the auction.'. 14
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