Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HANDICAPPED PERSONS ASSISTANCE ACT 1974 No. 134 of 1974 - SECT 37

37. (1) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Parts of the Sheltered Employment
(Assistance) Act 1967-1973 specified in section 36-

   (a)  the Director-General of Social Services may-

        (i)    direct that there be paid to an eligible organization any
               training fees that would, had those Parts not been repealed,
               have been payable under Part IVA of that Act in respect of a
               period of normal employment that was completed by a
               disabled person before the repeal of that last-mentioned Part;

        (ii)   make any grant that, had those Parts not been repealed, he
               could have made towards meeting the rent payable on premises
               that were approved premises under Part III of that Act in
               respect of any period that ended before the repeal of that
               last-mentioned Part; and

        (iii)  direct that there be paid to an eligible organization any
               financial assistance that would, had those Parts not been
               repealed, have been payable under Part IVB of that Act towards
               the cost of remuneration paid to a person who was an approved
               officer under that last-mentioned Part in respect of any period
               that ended before the repeal of that last-mentioned Part,

as if those Parts had not been repealed; and

   (b)  the provisions of those Parts apply in relation to any grant or
        payment under any of those Parts and apply in relation to any grant or
        payment made in accordance with paragraph (a) as if those Parts had
        not been repealed and that grant or payment had been made under those
        Parts.

(2) Any paid employment provided by an eligible organization at particular
premises that was, immediately before the repeal of Part I of the Sheltered
Employment (Assistance) Act 1967-1973, sheltered employment for the purposes
of that Act shall be deemed to be sheltered employment for the purposes of
this Act; and

(3) Any premises that were, immediately before the repeal of Part III of the
Sheltered Employment (Assistance) Act 1967-1973, approved premises for the
purposes of that last-mentioned Part shall be deemed to be premises approved
for the purposes of Part IV of this Act.