Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FIRST HOME OWNERS AMENDMENT ACT 1985No. 23, 1985 - SECT 9

9. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(4) the following sub-sections:



"(4A) Where-

   (a)  but for this sub-section, an amount of assistance would be payable to
        a sole applicant or to joint applicants (in this sub-section referred
        to as the 'relevant person' or 'relevant persons', as the case may
        be);

   (b)  an amount (in this section referred to as a 'prescribed amount') has
        been paid by the Commonwealth to the relevant person, or to any of the
        relevant persons, as the case may be, being an amount of-

        (i)    a grant made under a prescribed Act; or

        (ii)   assistance paid under this Act in relation to a previous
               application; and

   (c)  the prescribed amount should not have been paid, or otherwise became
        recoverable by the Commonwealth, the amount of assistance shall be
        reduced by so much of the previous amount as has not been repaid to or
        recovered by the Commonwealth or set-off under a previous application
        of this sub-section.

"(4B) Notwithstanding anything in a prescribed Act or in this Act, so much of
a prescribed amount as has been set-off under sub-section (4A) ceases to be
recoverable by the Commonwealth.".