Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

HOUSING ACT 1982 - SECT 36A

    (1)     This section applies to a person if:

        (a)     the person gives the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) details (the income details ) of the person's income in an application for the grant of a rebate of rental under this Act or under a housing scheme administered by the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) under this Act; and

        (b)     the application is granted.

    (2)     The person commits an offence if:

        (a)     the income details change during the period the person receives a rebate or participates in the housing scheme; and

        (b)     the person knows about the change; and

        (c)     the person does not tell the Chief Executive Officer (Housing), or a person acting with the authority of the Chief Executive Officer (Housing), about the change.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.