Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HANDICAPPED PERSONS ASSISTANCE ACT 1974 No. 134 of 1974 - SECT 8

PART II-GRANTS IN RESPECT OF APPROVED PROJECTS
8. (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears-



"alteration", in relation to a building or other improvement on land, includes
an addition to the building or improvement;



"approved project" means the purchase or proposed purchase of land, or the
construction or alteration or proposed construction or alteration of a
building or other improvement on land, approved under section 9;



"building" includes a part of a building and an addition to a building;



"capital cost", in relation to an approved project, means-

   (a)  where the approved project is the purchase or proposed purchase of
        land, with or without buildings or other improvements, the sum of-

        (i)    such amounts in respect of the land, not including any
               buildings or other improvements on the land, as the Minister,
               in his discretion, determines;

        (ii)   such amount in respect of any buildings or other improvements
               on the land, being buildings or improvements that the Minister
               is satisfied are used or are to be used for or in connexion
               with the provision of a prescribed service, as the Minister
               considers represents that part of the value of the land that is
               attributable to those buildings or improvements; and

        (iii)  such amount as the Minister is satisfied is the cost of making
               any alterations to any building or other improvement on the
               land that are necessary for or in connexion with the provision
               of a prescribed service; or

   (b)  where the approved project is the construction or alteration, or
        proposed construction or alteration, of a building or other
        improvement on land, such amount as the Minister is satisfied was or
        will be the cost of that construction or alteration.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, the cost of constructing, altering or
adding to a building includes the cost of installing such fixtures (including
the cost of the fixtures) as the Minister approves.

(3) Where an approved project is the construction or alteration, or proposed
construction or alteration, by an eligible organization of a building or other
improvement upon land already owned by the organization, the Minister may
direct that there shall be added to the amount that is the capital cost of the
project for the purposes of this Act such amount in respect of the whole or a
part of the land as the Minister, in his discretion, determines.