Australian Capital Territory
Housing Assistance Regulation 2008
Subordinate Law SL2008-7

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Housing Assistance Act 2007.
Dated 10 March 2008.
John Hargreaves
Minister
Simon Corbell
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Housing Assistance Regulation 2008
Subordinate Law SL2008-7
made under the
Housing Assistance Act 2007

    

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Housing Assistance Regulation 2008.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Modification of Act, s 101—Act, s 109
The Act, section 101 is modified by inserting the following:
	(3A)	If immediately before 10 November 2007, a right or asset vested in the commissioner under the old Act, the right or asset vests in the housing commissioner.
	(3B)	If immediately before 10 November 2007, the commissioner under the old Act was under a liability or obligation, the liability or obligation attaches to the housing commissioner.
	(3C)	Subsections (3A) and (3B) and this subsection expire on 10 November 2008.
4	Modification of Act, pt 10, new section 102A—Act, s 109
The Act, part 10 is modified by inserting the following:
102A	Transitional—mentions of commissioner
	(1)	In an Act, an instrument made under an Act or document, a reference to the commissioner under the old Act is taken to be a reference to the housing commissioner.
	(2)	This section expires on 10 November 2008.
5	Modification of Act, pt 10, new section 103A—Act, s 109
The Act, part 10 is modified by inserting the following:
103A	Transitional—other uncompleted proceedings
	(1)	This section applies if—
	(a)	before the commencement of this section (the commencement), an application to a court had been made; and
	(b)	the commissioner under the old Act was a party to a court proceeding; and
	(c)	immediately before the commencement, the proceeding on the application had not ended.
	(2)	The housing commissioner is taken to be substituted for the commissioner for the purpose of the proceeding.
	(3)	In this section:
court means the Supreme Court or the Magistrates Court.
	(4)	This section is a law to which the Legislation Act, section 88 (Repeal does not end effect of transitional laws etc) applies.
	(5)	This section expires on 10 November 2008.
6	Expiry
This regulation expires on 10 November 2008.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 18 March 2008.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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