Australian Capital Territory
Housing Assistance Rental Bonds Declaration 2007 (No 1)
Notifiable Instrument NI2007- 362
made under the  
Housing Assistance Act 2007 s102(1)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Housing Assistance Rental Bonds Declaration 2007 
(No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the commencement date of the Housing Assistance Act 2007.
3	Declaration
I declare that:

(a)	the Housing Assistance Rental Bonds Housing Assistance Program 2007 (No 1) (being an approved housing assistance program) (new program) corresponds to the Housing Assistance Rental Bonds Housing Assistance Program 2005 (No 1) (old program).
(b)	assistance under the old program corresponds to rental bond assistance under the new program;
(c)	A.C.T. Average Weekly Earnings  (ACT AWE) under the old program correspond to AAWE under the new program;
(d)	the grant mentioned in clause 11 of the old program corresponds to the provision of a non repayable grant mentioned under clause 7(7) of the new program;
(e)	an application for review of a reviewable decision under clause 16(1) of the old program corresponds to an application for a review of a reviewable decision under clause 16(1) of the new program;
(f)	the housing review committee in the old program corresponds to the housing commissioner or, if the housing commissioner decides, an advisory committee established by the housing commissioner, under the new program; 
(g)	the commissioner under the old program corresponds to the housing commissioner under the new program; and
(h)	other words or phrases defined in the old program correspond to the equivalent words or phrases under the new program.

Martin Hehir
Commissioner for Social Housing
7 November 2007