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FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT AMENDMENT BILL 2000

                      Western Australia



First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2000


                        CONTENTS


 1.   Short title                                    1
 2.   Commencement                                   2
 3.   The Act amended                                2
 4.   Section 7 amended                              2
 5.   Section 11 amended                             2
 6.   Section 12 amended                             3
 7.   Amendments relating to "Australian citizen"    3
 8.   Amendments relating to "permanent resident"    3




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                      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2000


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:


1.      Short title
        This Act may be cited as the First Home Owner Grant
        Amendment Act 2000.




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     2.         Commencement
          (1)   Except as stated in subsection (2), this Act comes into operation
                on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
          (2)   Section 8 is to be taken to have come into operation on
5               1 July 2000.

     3.         The Act amended
                The amendments in this Act are to the First Home Owner Grant
                Act 2000*.
                [* Act No. 16 of 2000.]

10   4.         Section 7 amended
                Section 7(1) is amended as follows:
                  (a) after "grant if " by inserting --
                "
                              , on the commencement date of the eligible transaction
15                            to which the application relates,
                                                                                         ";
                    (b)        by deleting paragraph (b) and inserting the following
                               paragraph instead --
                          "
20                             (b)   on the commencement date of the eligible
                                     transaction to which the application relates, the
                                     person has lived on that basis with the applicant
                                     for at least 2 years.
                                                                                         ".

25   5.         Section 11 amended
                Section 11(1)(a) is amended by deleting "an earlier" and
                inserting instead --
                "    another         ".

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     6.         Section 12 amended
                Section 12(3) is amended by deleting "date on which the
                application is made," and inserting instead --
                "
5                     commencement date of the eligible transaction to
                      which the application relates,
                                                                                   ".
     7.         Amendments relating to "Australian citizen"
          (1)   Section 3(1) is amended by deleting the definition of
10              "Australian citizen" and inserting the following definition
                instead --
                "
                      "Australian citizen" has the meaning given by
                         section 7A;
15                                                                                 ".
          (2)   After section 7 the following section is inserted in Part 1 --
     "
            7A.       Meaning of "Australian citizen"
                      A person is an "Australian citizen" for the purposes
20                    of an application for a first home owner grant if, on the
                      commencement date of the eligible transaction to
                      which the application relates, the person is an
                      Australian citizen under the Australian Citizenship
                      Act 1948 of the Commonwealth.
25                                                                                 ".
     8.         Amendments relating to "permanent resident"
          (1)   Section 3(1) is amended by deleting the definition of "permanent
                resident" and inserting the following definition instead --
                "
30                    "permanent resident" has the meaning given by
                           section 7B;
                                                                                   ".

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         (2)   Before section 8 the following section is inserted in Part 1 --
     "
            7B.     Meaning of "permanent resident"
                    A person is a "permanent resident" for the purposes
5                   of an application for a first home owner grant if, on the
                    commencement date of the eligible transaction to
                    which the application relates --
                      (a) the person is --
                              (i) the holder of a permanent visa within
10                                  the meaning of section 30 of the
                                    Migration Act 1958 of the
                                    Commonwealth; or
                             (ii) a New Zealand citizen who is the holder
                                    of a special category visa within the
15                                  meaning of section 32 of the Migration
                                    Act 1958 of the Commonwealth;
                            and
                      (b) the person has satisfied the Commissioner that
                            he or she intends to reside permanently in
20                          Australia.
                                                                                ".




 


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