Homeless Persons Assistance Amendment Act 1979

1

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Homeless Persons Assistance Amendment Act 1979.

(2) The Homeless Persons Assistance Act 1974 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2 Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Title

3. The title of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ‘Australia’ and substituting ‘the Commonwealth’.

4 Interpretation

4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of ‘prescribed period’.

5 Approval of projects

5. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) ‘during the prescribed period,’ and substituting ‘at any time after the commencement of this Act,’.

6 Grants in respect of rent of premises

6. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ‘the prescribed period,’ and substituting ‘a period after the commencement of this Act,’.

7 Grants in respect of fixtures, &c.

7. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ‘the prescribed period,’ and substituting ‘a period after the commencement of this Act,’.