Australian Capital Territory
Housing Assistance Regulation 2008 (repealed)    
SL2008-7
made under the
Housing Assistance Act 2007
Republication No 2
Effective:  11 November 2008
Republication date: 11 November 2008
Regulation expired 10 November 2008 (see s 6 and endnote 3)

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Housing Assistance Regulation 2008 (repealed), made under the Housing Assistance Act 2007, including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 11 November 2008.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Australian Capital Territory
Housing Assistance Regulation 2008 (repealed)
made under the
Housing Assistance Act 2007
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	2
	3	Modification of Act, s 101—Act, s 109	2
	4	Modification of Act, pt 10, new section 102A—Act, s 109	2
	5	Modification of Act, pt 10, new section 103A—Act, s 109	3
	6	Expiry	3
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	4
	2	Abbreviation key	4
	3	Legislation history	5
	4	Amendment history	5
	5	Earlier republications	5

Australian Capital Territory
Housing Assistance Regulation 2008 (repealed)     

made under the
Housing Assistance Act 2007

    

  

  

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Housing Assistance Regulation 2008.
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	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	pt = part	
div = division	r = rule/subrule	
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered	
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated	
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue	
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule	
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted	
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	
3	Legislation history
Housing Assistance Regulation 2008 SL2008-7
notified LR 18 March 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 18 March 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 19 March 2008 (s 2)
Note	Regulation exp 10 November 2008 (s 6)
4	Amendment history
Commencement
s 2	om R1 LA s 89 (4)
5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for	
R1
19 Mar 2008	19 Mar 2008–
10 Nov 2008	not amended	new regulation	

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