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STATE HOUSING AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT BILL 2002

         Queensland




STATE HOUSING AND OTHER
ACTS AMENDMENT BILL 2002

 


 

 

Queensland STATE HOUSING AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT BILL 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 2--AMENDMENT OF STATE HOUSING ACT 1945 3 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 19 (Exemption from rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 22B (Provision of land for industry, trade or business) . . . 5 6 Insertion of new pt 6D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 6D--ADVANCES TO ENABLE CONDUCT OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES 29S Definitions for pt 6D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 29T Loan to meet building costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 29U Non-application of schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 Amendment of s 30 (Advances to be secured by mortgage). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Amendment of s 32AB (Interest rates for certain advances and contracts of sale) ........................................... 7 9 Insertion of new ss 49 and 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 49 Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 50 Transitional provision for State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Act 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 10 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 Amendment of s 4 (Meaning of "owner" of land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 12 Amendment of s 9 (Act applies only so far as expressly provided) . . . . . . . 9

 


 

2 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 13 Insertion of new s 1057A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1057A Priority of Queensland Housing Commission preserved . . . . . . . . . 9 14 Insertion of new ch 19, pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PART 7--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR STATE HOUSING AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2002 1269 Application to Brisbane City Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1270 Sale of land for overdue rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 15 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 1924 16 Act amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 17 Amendment of s 3A (Application of the Local Government Act) . . . . . . . . 11 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF STATE HOUSING ACT 1945

 


 

2002 A BILL FOR An Act to amend the State Housing Act 1945, the Local Government Act 1993 and the City of Brisbane Act 1924

 


 

s1 4 s4 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2 1 Short title Clause 3 This Act may be cited as the State Housing and Other Acts Amendment 4 Act 2002. 5 2 Commencement Clause 6 (1) The following provisions of this Act commence on 1 July 2002-- 7 · section 4 8 · section 9, so far as it inserts new section 50 9 · part 3 10 · part 4. 11 (2) Sections 6 to 8 commence on assent or on the day the Residential 12 Services (Accreditation) Act 2002, part 2, commences, whichever is later. 13 (3) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on assent. 14 PART 2--AMENDMENT OF STATE HOUSING ACT 1945 15 3 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule Clause 16 This part and the schedule amend the State Housing Act 1945. 17 4 Amendment of s 19 (Exemption from rating) Clause 18 Section 19-- 19 insert-- 20 `(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to-- 21

 


 

s5 5 s6 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 (a) land that is the subject of a section 24 contract; or 1 (b) land in which a person has a share that the person bought under a 2 section 24 contract.1 3 `(3) In this section-- 4 "section 24 contract" means a contract of sale entered into under 5 section 24 under which-- 6 (a) the purchasing price, other than any deposit, is payable in 2 or 7 more instalments; or 8 (b) the sale is of a share in a house and land.'. 9 5 Amendment of s 22B (Provision of land for industry, trade or Clause 10 business) 11 (1) Section 22B(2B), all words before paragraph (a)-- 12 omit, insert-- 13 `(2B) The Land Act applies, with all necessary changes, to a lease under 14 subsection (2), except that--'. 15 (2) Section 22B-- 16 insert-- 17 `(2C) For subsection (2B), the Land Act applies to a lease under 18 subsection (2) as if a reference in that Act to the Minister were a reference 19 to the Minister administering this Act.'. 20 6 Insertion of new pt 6D Clause 21 After part 6C-- 22 insert-- 23 1 See section 50 (Transitional provision for State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Act 2002)

 


 

s6 6 s6 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 `PART 6D--ADVANCES TO ENABLE CONDUCT OF 1 RESIDENTIAL SERVICES 2 `29S Definitions for pt 6D 3 In this part-- 4 "accreditation Act" means the Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 5 2002. 6 "residential service" see the accreditation Act, section 4. 7 `29T Loan to meet building costs 8 `(1) The commission may make a loan to a person under this part to help 9 the person meet the costs of building work carried out, or proposed to be 10 carried out, on premises if the commission is satisfied-- 11 (a) a residential service was being conducted in the premises 12 immediately before the commencement of the accreditation Act, 13 part 2;2 and 14 (b) the purpose of the building work was or is to enable a residential 15 service to be conducted in the premises under the accreditation 16 Act. 17 18 Examples for paragraph (b)-- 19 1. Building work carried out to meet a requirement for obtaining 20 registration of the residential service under the accreditation Act. 21 2. Building work carried out to comply with a condition of accreditation 22 of the residential service under the accreditation Act. `(2) The loan is to be made on the terms agreed between the commission 23 and the person. 24 `(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a term of the loan may provide for 25 the loan to become immediately repayable if the premises do not become, 26 or stop being, registered under the accreditation Act as premises in which a 27 residential service is conducted. 28 2 Accreditation Act, part 2 (Registration)

 


 

s7 7 s9 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 `29U Non-application of schedule 1 `The schedule does not apply to a loan under this part.'. 2 7 Amendment of s 30 (Advances to be secured by mortgage) Clause 3 Section 30-- 4 insert-- 5 `(4) This section does not apply to an advance under part 6D.'. 6 8 Amendment of s 32AB (Interest rates for certain advances and Clause 7 contracts of sale) 8 Section 32AB-- 9 insert-- 10 `(6) Subsection (4) does not apply to an advance under part 6D.'. 11 9 Insertion of new ss 49 and 50 Clause 12 After section 48-- 13 insert-- 14 `49 Validation 15 `(1) This section applies to anything done or purported to have been 16 done under a Land Act by the Minister administering this Act, during the 17 validation period, in relation to a lease under section 22B(2). 18 `(2) If the thing would have been validly done if it had been done by the 19 Minister administering the Land Act, the thing is and was as valid as if it 20 had been done by that Minister. 21 `(3) In this section-- 22 "Land Act" means the Land Act 1994, repealed Land Act 1962 or repealed 23 Land Act 1910, or an Act amending any of those Acts. 24 "validation period" means the period starting on the day that section 22B 25 commenced and ending immediately before the day that the State 26 Housing and Other Acts Amendment Act 2002, section 5, commences. 27

 


 

s 10 8 s 11 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 `50 Transitional provision for State Housing and Other Acts 1 Amendment Act 2002 2 `(1) A reference in section 19 to a section 24 contract includes a 3 section 24 contract entered into before the commencement day. 4 `(2) However, to remove doubt, it is declared that existing excluded land 5 does not, because of section 19(2), become rateable land for any time 6 before the commencement day. 7 `(3) In this section-- 8 "commencement day" means the day that section 19(2) commences. 9 "existing excluded land" means-- 10 (a) land that is the subject of a section 24 contract entered into 11 before the commencement day; or 12 (b) land in which, on the commencement day, a person has a share 13 that the person bought under a section 24 contract. 14 "rateable land" means rateable land under the Local Government Act 15 1993 or the City of Brisbane Act 1924.'. 16 PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 17 ACT 1993 18 10 Act amended in pt 3 Clause 19 This part amends the Local Government Act 1993. 20 11 Amendment of s 4 (Meaning of "owner" of land) Clause 21 Section 4(1)-- 22 insert-- 23 `(ba)a purchaser of land under a housing Act s 24 contract; or 24 (bb) a person who has a share in land that the person bought under a 25 housing Act s 24 contract; or'. 26

 


 

s 12 9 s 14 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 12 Amendment of s 9 (Act applies only so far as expressly provided) Clause 1 Section 9(2), last dot point, `and part 5'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `, part 5 and part 7'. 4 13 Insertion of new s 1057A Clause 5 After section 1057-- 6 insert-- 7 `1057A Priority of Queensland Housing Commission preserved 8 `(1) This section applies if-- 9 (a) a local government intends to deal with land under this part; and 10 (b) the land is the subject of a housing Act s 24 contract or a person 11 has a share in the land that the person bought under a housing Act 12 s 24 contract. 13 `(2) The local government must give to the commission written notice of 14 its intention to deal with the land before dealing with the land. 15 `(3) The local government may sell or acquire the land only on the 16 conditions agreed with the commission about paying to the commission an 17 agreed amount on account of-- 18 (a) the commission's interest in the land; and 19 (b) if the land is the subject of a housing Act s 24 contract--amounts 20 owing to the commission under the contract. 21 `(4) In this section-- 22 "commission" means the Queensland Housing Commission.'. 23 14 Insertion of new ch 19, pt 7 Clause 24 After section 1268-- 25 insert-- 26

 


 

s 15 10 s 15 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 `PART 7--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR STATE 1 HOUSING AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2002 2 `1269 Application to Brisbane City Council 3 `This part applies to the Brisbane City Council. 4 `1270 Sale of land for overdue rates 5 `(1) This section applies to rateable land that, on the commencement 6 day-- 7 (a) is the subject of a housing Act s 24 contract; or 8 (b) is land in which a person has a share that the person bought under 9 a housing Act s 24 contract. 10 `(2) A reference in section 1039 to an overdue rate does not include an 11 overdue rate that was levied on the land before the commencement day. 12 `(3) In this section-- 13 "commencement day" means the day that the State Housing and Other 14 Acts Amendment Act 2002, part 3, commences.'. 15 15 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) Clause 16 Schedule-- 17 insert-- 18 ` "housing Act s 24 contract" means a contract of sale entered into under 19 the State Housing Act 1945, section 24,3 under which-- 20 (a) the purchasing price, other than any deposit, is payable in 2 or 21 more instalments; or 22 (b) the sale is of a share in a house and land.'. 23 3 State Housing Act 1945, section 24 (Power to commission to sell houses to eligible persons)

 


 

s 16 11 s 17 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 1 1924 2 16 Act amended in pt 4 Clause 3 This part amends the City of Brisbane Act 1924. 4 17 Amendment of s 3A (Application of the Local Government Act) Clause 5 Section 3A(2), last dot point, `and part 5'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `, part 5 and part 7'. 8

 


 

12 State Housing and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF STATE HOUSING ACT 1945 2 section 3 3 1 Section 11(6), `and every local body within the meaning of the 4 Local Bodies' Loans Guarantee Act 1923'-- 5 omit. 6 2 Section 11(6), `, or local body'-- 7 omit. 8 3 Section 25B(1)(d), `subsection (1A)'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `subsection (1AB)'. 11 © State of Queensland 2002

 


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