Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
the expression, Commission means The State Housing Commission established and
constituted by the State Housing Act 1946 3 .
(2) Notwithstanding
the provisions of the Agreement approved, ratified and confirmed by section 3,
the Commission shall take over and assume, and shall be deemed to have taken
over and assumed on and from 1 July 1956, the management, control and
administration (including the financial administration) of the houses erected
in accordance with the provisions of clause 4(n) of the Agreement.
(3) In order to remove
any doubt which, but for the enactment of this section, might exist or arise
as to the powers of the Commission in relation to the control, management and
administration referred to in subsection (2), and for the purpose of giving
effect to that subsection, it is hereby expressly enacted —
(a) that
the Commission is, and shall be deemed to have been on and from 1 July 1956,
authorised and empowered —
(i)
to collect, recover and receive all rentals payable by
the tenants of the houses erected as aforesaid, and on payment of those
rentals to retain the same; and
(ii)
to apply the rentals received, and maintain, deal with
and dispose of the houses, in manner provided under the State Housing Act 1946
3 ,
as though the houses
were houses subject to all or any of the provisions of that Act;
(b) that
all acts, matters or things done, suffered or permitted by the Commission in
respect to the control, management and administration as aforesaid on or after
1 July 1956, shall be deemed to be, or to have been, as valid and effective,
or if the case requires, subject to any relevant provision of this Act, or of
the Agreement, in all respects as if when so done, suffered or permitted, this
section had in fact been in operation, and are hereby ratified, confirmed and
validated.
(4) The provisions of
this section are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of
section 3(2), or of any other provisions of this Act, or of clause 4(n), or of
any other provisions, of the Agreement referred to in subsection (2) of this
section, but in the case of any inconsistency between the provisions of this
section and the provisions of section 3(2), or clause 4(n) of the Agreement,
the provisions of this section shall prevail.
[Section 3B inserted: No. 44 of 1959 s. 2.]