New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL HOUSING ACT 1998

- As at 1 July 2021 
- Act 47 of 1998 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects of Act
   4.      Definitions
   5.      Notes

   PART 2 - CONSTITUTION OF ABORIGINAL HOUSING OFFICE

   6.      Constitution of Aboriginal Housing Office
   7.      Status of AHO

   PART 3 - FUNCTIONS OF ABORIGINAL HOUSING OFFICE

           Division 1 - Principal functions

   8.      Aboriginal housing assistance
   9.      Functions of AHO in relation to registered Aboriginal housing organisations
   10.     Power to enter into agreements with registered Aboriginal housing organisations
   11.     Provision of rental housing

           Division 2 - Functions relating to property

   12.     General property functions
   13.     Acquisition of land
   14.     Other powers relating to property

           Division 3 - Miscellaneous

   15.     Agency agreements
   16.     Other functions
   17.     Delegation of functions

   PART 4 - AHO HOUSING AGREEMENTS

   18.     Circumstances in which AHO is considered to have interest in certain land
   19.     Terms and conditions of AHO housing agreements
   20.     Rights of AHO in relation to land in which it has an interest
   21.     No dealings in land in which AHO has an interest without consent of AHO
   22.     Creation of charge in agreement
   23.     Agreements binding on registered Aboriginal housing organisations
   24.     Regulations relating to AHO housing agreements

   PART 5 - REGISTRATION OF ABORIGINAL HOUSING ORGANISATIONS

   25.     Definition of "eligible organisation"
   26.     Registration of Aboriginal housing organisations
   27.     Revocation of registration
   28.     Register of registered Aboriginal housing organisations

   PART 6 - MANAGEMENT OF ABORIGINAL HOUSING OFFICE

   29.     Ministerial control
   30.     Board of AHO
   31.     Functions of Board
   32.     Aboriginal Regional Housing Committees
   33.     Agency head to manage affairs of AHO
   34.     Staff

   PART 7 - FINANCE

   35.     Aboriginal Housing Fund
   36.     Investment of money in Fund

   PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS

   37.     Strategic plan
   38.     Personal liability
   39.     Financial year
   40.     Seal of AHO
   41.     Recovery of money
   42.     Act to bind Crown
   43.     Regulations
   44.     (Repealed)
   45.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   46.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           Schedule 2 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 3