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HOUSING AUSTRALIA FUTURE FUND ACT 2023 (NO. 79, 2023) - SECT 22

Constitutional limits--grants to persons or bodies other than a State or Territory

                   A designated Minister may exercise a power conferred on the designated Minister by subsection 18(1) or section 19 (so far as that section relates to a subsection 18(1) grant) only:

                     (a)  with respect to a Territory; or

                     (b)  with respect to implementing any of Australia's international obligations under:

                              (i)  the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities done at New York on 13 December 2006; or

                             (ii)  the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women done at New York on 18 December 1979; or

                            (iii)  the Convention on the Rights of the Child done at New York on 20 November 1989; or

                     (c)  with respect to the granting of financial assistance to a constitutional corporation for the purposes of carrying out the corporation's activities; or

                     (d)  with respect to housing for Indigenous persons; or

                     (e)  with respect to housing for:

                              (i)  veterans; or

                             (ii)  veterans and their family members; or

                      (f)  with respect to housing for aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or

                     (g)  with respect to housing provided by way of:

                              (i)  an unemployment benefit; or

                             (ii)  a sickness benefit; or

                            (iii)  a benefit to students; or

                     (h)  with respect to housing for:

                              (i)  Commonwealth employees; or

                             (ii)  Commonwealth employees and their family members.

Note 1:       The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 12 ([2008] ATS 12) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 2:       The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is in Australian Treaty Series 1983 No. 9 ([1983] ATS 9) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 3:       The Convention on the Rights of the Child is in Australian Treaty Series 1991 No. 4 ([1991] ATS 4) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).



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