Australian Capital Territory

First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2002
2002 No 13
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Act amended	2
	4	Section 13A	2
	5	Amount of grant Section 18	6
	6	Section 18	6
	7	New section 18A	6
	8	New section 57	7

Australian Capital Territory

First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2002
2002 No 13

An Act to amend the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 

    
    
Notified under the Legislation Act 2001 on 23 May 2002
(see www.legislation.act.gov.au)

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2002.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
3	Act amended
This Act amends the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000.
4	Section 13A
substitute
13A	Special eligible transactions
	(1)		Subject to subsection (6), an eligible transaction that is a contract for the purchase of a home (other than a contract for an ‘off‑the‑plan’ purchase) is a special eligible transaction if—
	(a)	the home is a new home; and
	(b)	the contract is made after 8 March 2001 and before 1 July 2002.
	(2)	Subject to subsection (6), an eligible transaction that is a comprehensive home building contract for a new home is a special eligible transaction if—
	(a)	the contract is made after 8 March 2001 and before 9 October 2001; and
	(b)	the building work starts within 16 weeks after the contract is made, or any longer period the commissioner may allow for delay caused by circumstances beyond the control of the parties; and
	(c)	the contract states that the eligible transaction must be completed within 12 months after the building work is started or, in any other case, the eligible transaction is completed within 12 months after the building work is started.
	(3)	Subject to subsection (6), an eligible transaction that is a comprehensive home building contract for a new home is also a special eligible transaction if—
	(a)	the contract is made after 8 October 2001 and before 1 July 2002; and
	(b)	the building work starts within 26 weeks after the contract is made, or any longer period the commissioner may allow for delay caused by circumstances beyond the control of the parties; and
	(c)	the contract states that the eligible transaction must be completed within 18 months after the building work is started or, in any other case, the eligible transaction is completed within 18 months after the building work is started.
	(4)	An eligible transaction that is the building of a new home by an owner-builder is a special eligible transaction if—
	(a)	the commencement date of the eligible transaction is after 8 March 2001 and before 9 October 2001 and the transaction is completed before 1 May 2003; or
	(b)	the commencement date of the eligible transaction is after 8 October 2001 and before 1 January 2002 and the transaction is completed before 1 January 2004; or
	(c)	the commencement date of the eligible transaction is after 31 December 2001 and before 1 July 2002 and the transaction is completed before 1 July 2004.
	(5)	Subject to subsection (6), an eligible transaction that is a contract for an ‘off-the-plan’ purchase of a new home is a special eligible transaction if—
	(a)	the contract is made after 8 March 2001 and before 9 October 2001 and either—
	(i)	the contract states that the eligible transaction must be completed before 1 May 2003; or
	(ii)	in any other case—the eligible transaction is completed before 1 May 2003; or
	(b)	the contract is made after 8 October 2001 and before 1 January 2002 and either—
	(i)	the contract states that the eligible transaction must be completed before 1 January 2004; or
	(ii)	in any other case—the eligible transaction is completed before 1 January 2004; or
	(c)	the contract is made after 31 December 2001 and before 1 July 2002 and either—
	(i)	the contract states that the eligible transaction must be completed before 1 July 2004; or
	(ii)	in any other case—the eligible transaction is completed before 1 July 2004.
	(6)	An eligible transaction that is a contract is not a special eligible transaction if the commissioner is satisfied that—
	(a)	the contract replaces a contract made before 9 March 2001; and
	(b)	the replaced contract was—
	(i)	a contract for the purchase of the same home; or
	(ii)	a comprehensive home building contract to build the same or a substantially similar home.
	(7)	For subsections (2) and (3), building work starts when laying the foundations for the home begins.
	(8)	In this section:
contract for an ‘off-the-plan’ purchase, of a new home, means a contract for the purchase of the home on a proposed lot in an unregistered plan of a subdivision of land.
new home means a home that has not been previously occupied or sold as a place of residence, and includes a substantially renovated home and a home built to replace demolished premises.
	(9)	For this section, a home is a substantially renovated home if—
	(a)	the sale of the home is, under the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cwlth), a taxable supply as a sale of new residential premises within the meaning of section 40‑75 (1) (b) (Meaning of new residential premises); and
	(b)	the home, as renovated, has not been previously occupied or sold as a place of residence.
	(10)	For this section, a home is a home built to replace demolished premises if—
	(a)	except for an eligible transaction that is a comprehensive home building contract for a home or the building of a home by an owner-builder—the sale of the home is, under the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cwlth), a taxable supply as a sale of new residential premises within the meaning of section 40‑75 (1) (c); and
	(b)	for an eligible transaction that is a comprehensive home building contract for a home or the building of a home by an owner-builder—the home is, under the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cwlth), new residential premises within the meaning of section 40‑75 (1) (c); and
	(c)	the home, as built to replace the demolished premises, has not previously been occupied or sold as a place of residence; and
	(d)	the owner of the home did not occupy the demolished premises as a place of residence before they were demolished.
	(11)	This section is a law to which the Legislation Act 2001, section 88 (Repeal does not end transitional or validating effect etc) applies.
	(12)	This section expires on 1 July 2004.
5	Amount of grant
Section 18
omit
	(1)	
6	Section 18
omit subsections (2) to (4)
7	New section 18A
insert
18A	Amount of grant for special eligible transactions
	(1)	The amount of the first home owner grant for a special eligible transaction is the amount payable under this section instead of the amount payable under section 18.
	(2)	If the commencement date of the special eligible transaction is after 8 March 2001 and before 1 January 2002, the amount payable is the lesser of the following:
	(a)	the consideration for the transaction;
	(b)	$14 000.
	(3)	If the commencement date of the special eligible transaction is after 31 December 2001 and before 1 July 2002, the amount payable is the lesser of the following:
	(a)	the consideration for the transaction;
	(b)	$10 000.
	(4)	In this section:
special eligible transaction—see section 13A.
	(5)	This section is a law to which the Legislation Act 2001, section 88 (Repeal does not end transitional or validating effect etc) applies.
	(6)	This section expires on 1 July 2004.
8	New section 57
insert
57	Validation for payment of increased grants
	(1)	The payment of an amount as a first home owner grant before the commencement of this section, and anything done under this Act or the Taxation Administration Act 1999, is validated to the extent that it would have been valid if this Act (as amended by the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2002) had been in force when the payment was made or the thing was done.
	(2)	This section expires 1 month after it commences.

Endnote
Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 11 April 2002]

I certify that the above is a true copy of the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2002 which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 14 May 2002.

					Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

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