Australian Capital Territory

Public Rental Housing Assistance Program  Amendment
2002 (No 1)

Disallowable instrument DI2002—214

made under the

Housing Assistance Act 1987, s 12

I amend the Public Rental Housing Assistance Program as follows.
 
Interpretation

1.	In this instrument, "Program" means the Public Rental Housing Assistance Program published in Australian Capital Territory Gazette No. 20 of 1989, dated 4 October 1989 as amended by the following instruments:

(a)	No. 1 of 1989 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Gazette No. 28 of 1989 dated 29 November 1989;

(b)	No. 6 of 1990 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S39 of 1990 dated 29 June 1990;

(c)	No. 152 of 1992 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. 171 of 1992 dated 1 October 1992;

(d)	No. 3 of 1993 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Gazette No. 3 of 1993 dated 20 January 1993;

(e)	No. 135 of 1993 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S205 of 1993 dated 1 October 1993;

(f)	No. 141 of 1993 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S205 of 1993 dated 1 October 1993;

(g)	No. 18 of 1995 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S31 of 1995 dated 31 January 1995;

(h)	No. 101 of 1995 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S179 of 1995 dated 14 July 1995;

(i)	No. 76 of 1996 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S107 of 1996 dated 31 May 1996; 

(j)	No. 155 of 1998 - notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S174 of 1998 dated 1 July 1998; 

(k)	No. 229 of 2000 – notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S34 of 2000 dated 30 June 2000;

(l)	No. 376 of 2000 – notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S73 of 2000 dated 21 December 2000; and

(m)	the notification in Australian Capital Territory Gazette No. 17 of 2001 dated 26 April 2001.

Eligibility Review

2.	The Program is amended by omitting clause 11.

Allocation Review

3.	The Program is amended by omitting clause 12.

Review – Exemption

4.	The Program is amended by omitting clause 13.

Hardship

5.	Clause 14 of the Program is amended by omitting “or continued assistance”.	

Transfers

6.	The Program is amended by omitting clauses 18(6) and 18(7).

Notice of Decision

7.	Clause 20(1) of the Program is amended by omitting paragraph (e).

8.	The Program is amended by omitting clause 21(5) and substituting:
	
	‘For the purpose of clause 21(1), “application” is deemed to include a decision to transfer a tenant under paragraph 18(4)(b).’

Transitional

9.	This instrument does not affect any decision made by the Commissioner under clauses 11, 12, 14 and 18(6) of the Program made prior to the date of commencement of the amendments to the Program made by this instrument.

Sandra Lambert
Commissioner for Housing
6 December 2002

I approve the amendments to the Public Rental Housing Assistance Program made by the Commissioner for Housing by this instrument.

Bill Wood MLA
Minister for Disability, Housing and Community Services
6 December 2002