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HOUSING ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 34 of 1994 - SECT 5
Insertion of new section
5. After section 15 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Grants to be matched by State-exception
"15A. (1) The Minister may determine in writing that, in respect of a grant
year, a particular State is taken to have fulfilled its obligation to provide
matching funds in accordance with the provision of its housing agreement
corresponding to paragraph 13(2)(b) of the form of housing agreement in
Schedule 1.
"(2) A determination made under subsection (1) must be in relation to the
fifth grant year or the sixth grant year.
"(3) The Minister must not make the determination unless satisfied, after
consulting with the State Minister of that State, that, in the circumstances,
the State was unable to meet its obligation in respect of that grant year
under that provision.
"(4) The determination has effect for the purposes of the housing agreement.
"(5) In deciding whether to make the determination, the Minister must have
regard to the extent to which assistance provided by the State under the
housing agreement reflects the principles set out in Recital (D) of the form
of housing agreement in Schedule 1.
"(6) The State Minister of that State must agree in writing to the
determination being made.
"(7) The determination made by the Minister must be tabled in each House of
the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after it is made.".
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