Aged or Disabled Persons Homes Amendment Act 1980

No. 157 of 1980

An Act to amend the Aged or Disabled Persons Homes Act 1954

[Assented to 5 December 1980]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Aged or Disabled Persons Homes Amendment Act 1980.

(2) The Aged or Disabled Persons Homes Act 1954 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 3 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 30 September 1980.

Authorization of payments

3. (1) Section 10c of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “$60” and substituting “$80”.

(2) The amendment made by sub-section (1) applies in respect of payments to an approved organization in respect of persons residing in accommodation provided by that organization on a date that is a prescribed date in relation to that organization, being a date later than the date of commencement of this section.

Formal amendments

4. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

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SCHEDULE Section 4

FORMAL AMENDMENTS

Provision amended	Omit—	Substitute—
Title..........................	Australia	the Commonwealth
Section 2 (definition of “aged person”)	(a) sixty-five	65
Section 2 (definition of “aged person”)	(b) sixty	60
Section 2 (definitions of “eligible organization” and “government authority”)	Australia (wherever occurring)	the Commonwealth
Paragraph 6(2)(a).................	4th May, 1954	4 May 1954
Paragraph 6(2)(b).................	the last preceding paragraph	paragraph (a)
Sub-section 7(1)..................	Australia	the Commonwealth
Sub-section 8(3)..................	(a) the last preceding sub-section	sub-section (2)
Sub-section 8(3)..................	(b) Australia	the Commonwealth
Sub-section 9(1a).................	Australia (wherever occurring)	the Commonwealth
Sub-section 10a(1) (definition of “approved organization”)	the next succeeding section	section 10b
Sub-section 10a (1) (definition of “prescribed date”)	(a) twenty-eight	28
Sub-section 10a (1) (definition of “prescribed date”)	(b) the next succeeding section	section 10b
Sub-section 10a(2)................	twenty-eight	28
Sub-section 10b(2)................	the last preceding sub-section	sub-section (1)
Sub-section 10c(1)................	(a) Australia	the Commonwealth
	(b) eighty	80
	(c) the last preceding section	section 10b
Section 10g.....................	National Welfare Fund Act 1943-1952	National Welfare Fund Act 1943

NOTE

1. No. 81, 1954, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 47, 1957; No. 83, 1967; No. 68, 1969; No. 84, 1972; No. 128, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 115, 1974; and Nos. 37 and 91, 1976.