Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HOUSING AGREEMENT ACT 1974 No. 102 of 1974 - SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
Section  3 

A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT made the . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . One thousand nine hundred and seventy- . . . . between THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA of the first part, THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES of
the second part, THE STATE OF VICTORIA of the third part, THE STATE OF
QUEENSLAND of the fourth part, THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA of the fifth part,
THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA of the sixth part and THE STATE OF TASMANIA of
the seventh part.

WHEREAS-

   (a)  by an agreement between the parties in the form set out in the
        Schedule to the Housing Agreement Act 1973 made the seventeenth day of
        October 1973 (in this agreement called "the Principal Agreement")
        provision was made in relation to housing for the welfare of persons
        who are in need of governmental assistance if their housing
        requirements are to be met;

   (b)  it has been agreed between the parties that it is desirable that the
        Principal Agreement be varied in certain respects;

   (c)  the Australian Parliament has authorized the execution by and on
        behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia of this agreement and the
        provision of financial assistance to the States in accordance with the
        Principal Agreement as varied by this agreement:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

PART I-PRELIMINARY Commencement of Agreement.
1. This agreement shall come into force in respect of the Commonwealth and of
a State when it has been signed on behalf of the Commonwealth and has been
signed on behalf of the State with the authority of the Parliament of the
State, or, having been signed on behalf of the State without that authority,
is approved by the Parliament of the State. Operation in respect of States.
2. Notwithstanding that in this agreement all the States of New South Wales,
Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania are
named as parties, this agreement shall operate as an agreement between the
Commonwealth and the State or States in respect of which it comes into force
as fully and effectually as if the State or States in respect of which it
comes into force were the only State or States named as parties.
Interpretation.
3. Words and expressions used in this agreement to which a meaning is
attributed in or for the purposes of the Principal Agreement shall, unless the
contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires, have in respect
of their use in this agreement the respective meanings so attributed to them.

PART II-AMENDMENT OF PRINCIPAL AGREEMENT Allocation of Assistance.
4. Sub-clause (3) of Clause 9 of the Principal Agreement is amended so that it
provides as follows:



"(3) Where-

   (a)  a State has in each of the two financial years immediately preceding
        the first day of July 1973 allocated to its Home Builders' Account
        from the amount set aside for housing within the meaning of
        sub-section (2) of section 3 of the States Grants (Housing) Act 1971,
        in excess of 30 per centum of that amount; or

   (b)  special circumstances in relation to a State warrant the allocation to
        its Home Builders' Account of more than 30 per centum of the total
        amount of the advances to be made by the Commonwealth to the State
        under this Agreement in respect of a financial year, the State may, if
        at the request of the State Minister the Minister so approves,
        allocate as Home Builders' Account advances in respect of a financial
        year of this Agreement more than 30 per centum of the total amount of
        the advances under this Agreement in respect of the financial year."
        Amount of Advances.
5. Clause 10 of the Principal Agreement is amended by the addition of the
following sub-clause:



"(3) At any time during a financial year after further consultation with the
State Minister and having regard to the matters mentioned in sub-clause (2)
the Minister may determine an additional amount or additional amounts to be
advanced to a State in respect of the financial year." Eligibility of
Borrowers.
6. (1) Sub-clause 24 (1) is amended by deleting the word "inclusive" and
inserting in its place the word "exclusive".

(2) This amendment shall be deemed to have come into effect on the first day
of November 1974. Confirmation and Name.
7. The Principal Agreement as amended by this agreement is confirmed and shall
be known and referred to as "the 1973-1974 Housing Agreement".

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, &c.
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