AGED PERSONS HOMES.

No. 47 of 1957.

An Act to amend the Aged Persons Homes Act 1954.

[Assented to 22nd October, 1957.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 Aged Persons Homes Act 1957.

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

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Aged Persons Homes Act 1954–1957.

Commencement.

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

Definitions.

3. Section two of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “the capital cost” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘the capital cost’, in relation to an approved home, means—

(a) in the case of an approved home erected or to be erected by an eligible organization, the sum of—

(i) such amount in respect of the whole or a part of the land acquired or to be acquired for the purposes of the home as the Minister, in his discretion, determines; and

(ii) the amount which the Director-General is satisfied is the cost of erecting the home, including the cost of necessary fixtures in the home; or

(b) in the case of an approved home purchased or to be purchased by an eligible organization—the amount which the Director-General is satisfied is the cost of purchasing the home and of making any necessary alterations or additions to it and installing any necessary fixtures, including the cost of purchasing the land on which the home is erected, less the value of any part of that land that is not required for the purposes of the home;”.

Amount of grants.

4. Section nine of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) the word “one-half” and inserting in its stead the word “two-thirds”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.) the words “the sum” and inserting in their stead the words “twice the sum”.

Application of amendments.

5.—(1.) The amendment made by section three of this Act applies in relation to an approved home erected or to be erected by an eligible organization only where the land acquired or to be acquired for the purposes of the home is acquired or is to be acquired on or after the date of commencement of this Act.

(2.) The amendments made by section four of this Act apply in relation to an approved home only where the home is approved by the Director-General of Social Services on or after the date of commencement of this Act.