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War Service Homes Act 1948

Authoritative Version
  • - C1948A00067
  • No longer in force
Act No. 67 of 1948 as made
An Act to amend the War Service Homes Act 1918-1947.
Date of Assent 09 Dec 1948
Date of repeal 24 Jun 2014
Repealed by Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Act 2014

WAR SERVICE HOMES.

 

No. 67 of 1948.

An Act to amend the War Service Homes Act 1918-1947.

[Assented to 9th December, 1948.]

[Date of commencement, 6th January, 1949.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)   This Act may be cited as the War Service Homes Act 1948.

(2.)    The War Service Homes Act 1918-1947 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)    The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the War Service Homes Act 1918-1948.

Insurance of dwelling-houses, &c.

2.  Section thirty-eight of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(1.) Every dwelling house in which the Director has an interest, and all building material on the site of, and for use in the erection of, a dwelling house in which the Director has or will have an interest, shall be insured as prescribed against fire and prescribed risks.”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-section (1.) the following sub-section:—

“(1a.) The regulations may make provision for or in relation to the voluntary insurance, against fire and prescribed risks, of a dwelling-house which—

(a) has been, at any time before or after the commencement of this sub-section, but has ceased to be, the subject of a contract of sale or mortgage entered into in pursuance of this Act; and

(b) is owned by—

(i) a person who was a borrower or purchaser under this Act in respect of that dwelling-house;

(ii) the widow of any such person; or

(iii) the personal representatives of any such person or widow.”.


 

War Service Homes Insurance Trust Account.

3.  Section forty of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(3.)  To that Trust Account there shall be debited all expenditure of the Director in connexion with insurance under this Act.”.

Adjustment on destruction of, or damage to, property.

4.  Section forty-one of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the words “in pursuance of” the words “sub-section (1.) of section thirty-eight of”.