Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) If housing is being rented to an entity under an approved housing assistance program, the entity must be charged market rent for the housing.
(2) However, an approved housing assistance program may provide for a rebate of rent in accordance with the program.
(3) In this section:
"market rent", for housing, means the rent that would be charged by the lessor for the housing if the housing were rented by a willing lessor to a willing tenant—
(a) dealing with each other at arm's length; and
(b) each of whom had acted knowledgeably, sensibly and without compulsion.