BUILDING BOOST GRANT ACT 2011

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BUILDING BOOST GRANT ACT 2011

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Long Title

Contents

Part 1--Preliminary

Division 1--Introduction

1. Short title
2. Commencement

Division 2--Purpose of the Act

3. Purpose of Act and its achievement

Division 3--Interpretation
Subdivision 1--Dictionary

4. Definitions
Subdivision 2--Basic concepts
5. What is a building boost grant
6. What is an eligible transaction
7. Meaning of home
8. Meaning of new home
9. Meaning of relevant interest
10. Meaning of unencumbered value

Division 4--Administration

11. Commissioner's functions and powers

Part 2--Building boost grants

Division 1--Entitlement to grant

12. Entitlement of applicants to building boost grants

Division 2--Eligibility for transactions
Subdivision 1--Preliminary

13. What is the transaction commencement day
Subdivision 2--Home purchase contracts
14. What is an eligible home purchase contract
Subdivision 3--Home building contracts and owner-builder arrangements
15. Definition for sdiv 3
16. What is an eligible home building contract
17. What is an eligible owner-builder arrangement
Subdivision 4--Ineligible transactions
18. Transactions that are not eligible transactions

Division 3--Eligibility for applicants
Subdivision 1--Preliminary

19. Meaning of substantially Australian owned
20. Meaning of ultimately owned

Subdivision 2--Particular eligibility criteria

21. Eligible applicants
22. General restriction on eligibility
23. Eligibility for multiple grants
24. Application for ruling for eligibility of particular transactions
25. Occupancy requirement
26. Particular entities not eligible for grant

Division 4--Application for grant
Subdivision 1--General provisions

27. Application for grant
28. Each interested person must apply
Subdivision 2--Notice of intention to apply
29. Prospective applicant must give notice of intention to apply for grant

Division 5--Decision on application

30. Additional information for application
31. Commissioner to decide applications

Division 6--Payment of grant

32. Amount of grant
33. When grant is payable
34. How grant must be paid

Division 7--Repayment of grant

Subdivision 1--Particular grounds for repayment

35. Contravention of consideration requirement on completion
36. Contravention of occupancy requirement
37. Contravention of repayment requirement under condition of grant
Subdivision 2--Notice to repay
38. Repayment notice

Part 3--Enforcement

Division 1--Authorised investigations

39. Powers on investigation
40. Access to particular records without fee

Division 2--General provisions about authorised officers
Subdivision 1--Appointment

41. Authorised officers under divs 2–6
42. Appointment and qualifications
43. Appointment conditions and limit on powers
44. When office ends
45. Resignation
Subdivision 2--Identity cards
46. Authorised officer's identity card
47. Production or display of identity card
48. Return of identity card
Subdivision 3--Miscellaneous powers
49. References to exercise of powers
50. Reference to document includes reference to reproductions from electronic document

Division 3--Entry of places by authorised officers
Subdivision 1--Power to enter

51. General power to enter places
Subdivision 2--Entry by consent
52. Application of sdiv 2
53. Incidental entry to ask for access
54. Matters authorised officer must tell occupier
55. Consent acknowledgement
Subdivision 3--Entry under warrant
56. Application for warrant
57. Issue of warrant
58. Electronic application
59. Additional procedure if electronic application
60. Defect in relation to a warrant
61. Entry procedure

Division 4--General powers of authorised officers after entering places

62. Application of div 4
63. General powers
64. Power to require reasonable help
65. Offence to contravene help requirement
66. Evidential immunity for individuals complying with help requirement

Division 5--Seizure by authorised officers
Subdivision 1--Power to seize

67. Seizing evidence at a place that may be entered without consent or warrant
68. Seizing evidence at a place that may be entered only with consent or warrant
69. Seizure of property subject to security
Subdivision 2--Powers to support seizure
70. Power to secure seized thing
71. Offence to contravene other seizure requirement
72. Offence to interfere
Subdivision 3--Safeguards for seized things
73. Receipt and decision notice for seized thing
74. Access to seized thing
75. Return of seized thing

Division 6--Other information-obtaining powers of authorised officers

76. Power to require information
77. Offence to contravene information requirement

Division 7--Miscellaneous provisions
Subdivision 1--Damage

78. Duty to avoid inconvenience and minimise damage
79. Notice of damage
Subdivision 2--Compensation
80. Compensation
Subdivision 3--Other offences
81. Giving false or misleading information
82. Obstructing authorised officer
83. Impersonating authorised officer

Division 8--Imposition of penalty

84. Commissioner may impose penalty

Division 9--Recovery of amounts
Subdivision 1--Debt payable

85. Recovery of wrongly paid amounts
Subdivision 2--Charge over land
86. Registration of charge over land
Subdivision 3--Garnishee
87. Collection of amounts from a garnishee
88. Duration of garnishee notice
89. Effect of discharge of debt on garnishee notice
90. Effect of payment by garnishee
Subdivision 4--Other provisions
91. Effect of writing off liability
92. Penalty amounts must be alternative to prosecution
93. Court may order repayment etc.

Part 4--Objections and reviews

Division 1--Objections

94. Making objection
95. Deciding objection

Division 2--Review of objection decisions

96. Right of review by QCAT
97. QCAT to decide review on evidence before the commissioner
98. Representation of parties before QCAT

Part 5--Miscellaneous provisions

Division 1--Legal proceedings

99. Statements in complaint
100. Evidentiary certificates
101. Summary proceedings for offences

Division 2--Other provisions

102. Delegations
103. Protection from liability
104. Offence to disclose confidential information
105. Use of information obtained under revenue laws
106. Valuation or evidence of value of property
107. Approved forms
108. Regulation-making power

Part 6--Transitional provisions

Division 1--Preliminary

109. Definition for pt 6

Division 2--Liability to repay grant for contravention of requirements

110. Liability to repay for contravention of consideration requirement
111. Liability to repay for contravention of occupancy requirement
112. Liability to repay for contravention of repayment requirement

Division 3--False or misleading information

113. Requirement to correct false or misleading information
114. Evidential immunity for individuals correcting false or misleading information

Division 4--Repayment of grants

115. Repayment notice

Division 5--Imposition of penalties

116. Commissioner may impose penalty

Division 6--Objection and review

117. Extension of time for objection for particular original decisions made before assent
118. Review of particular objection decisions

Division 7--Other matters

119. Transitional regulation-making power

Part 7--Amendment of this Act

120. Act amended
121. Amendment of long title
122. Amendment of s 4 (Definitions)
123. Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)

Part 8--Amendment of State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971

124. Act amended in pt 8 and sch 1
125. Amendment of s 7 (Termination of appointment under ss 4 and 5)
126. Insertion of new s 7A
127. Replacement of s 14 (Appointment of persons to aid Coordinator-General)
128. Insertion of new s 35AA
129. Amendment of s 35A (Lapsing of Coordinator-General's report)
130. Insertion of new s 35KA
131. Amendment of s 36 (Application of sdiv 1)
132. Insertion of new pt 6, div 6A
133. Amendment of sch 1 (Fees for part 4)
134. Insertion of new sch 1A
135. Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)
SCHEDULE 1 -- CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971
SCHEDULE 2 -- DICTIONARY
Endnotes

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