Defence Service Homes Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 176

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.

Dated 29 August 2008

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

ALAN GRIFFIN

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Defence Service Homes Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Defence Service Homes Regulations

  Schedule 1 amends the Defence Service Homes Regulations.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 1

substitute

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Defence Service Homes Regulations 1936.

[2] After regulation 78

insert

78A Use and disclosure of personal information —prescribed purposes

 (1) For subsection 45C (2) of the Act, the following purposes are prescribed:

 (a) determining a person’s eligibility for a subsidy under the Act, including whether or not the person continues to be eligible;

 (b) determining the amount of a subsidy payable for a person, including correcting or updating the amount of subsidy;

 (c) deciding whether or not to authorise subsidy payments;

 (d) identifying errors in payment of subsidy, including overpayments;

 (e) making findings on internal review of a reviewable decision, and implementing the findings;

 (f) administering eligibility and entitlements under the Act, including correcting or updating a person’s subsidy amount;

 (g) any other purpose that is reasonably necessary for the administration of the Act;

 (h) determining a person’s eligibility for a subsidy under a related Act, including whether or not the person continues to be eligible;

 (i) any other purpose that is reasonably necessary for the administration of a related Act.

 (2) In this regulation:

related Act means:

 (a) the Defence Force (Homes Loans Assistance) Act 1990; and

 (b) the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.