{"id":"C1968A00079","name":"Loan (Housing) Act 1968","slug":"loan-housing-act-1968","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"79 of 1968","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":15487,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1968A00079-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Loan (Housing) Act 1968","content":"Loan (Housing)\n\nNo. 79 of 1968\n\nAn Act to Authorize the Raising and Expending of Moneys for the purposes of Housing.\n\n\\[Assented to 6 November 1968\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Loan (Housing) Act 1968.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n  \n\nAuthority to borrow $126,000,000.\n\n3. The Treasurer may, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911–1966, or in accordance with the provisions of any Act authorizing the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow moneys not exceeding in the whole One hundred and twenty-six million dollars.\n\nApplication of moneys.\n\n4. Moneys borrowed under this Act shall be issued and applied only for the expenses of borrowing and for the purposes of making advances to the States in pursuance of section 4 of the Housing Agreement Act 1966.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1455},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly confined to its original purpose: a one-time authorization to borrow a specific sum for housing advances. There is no evidence of scope expansion into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections with no subsections","Zero defined terms or interpretation provisions","Single mechanical purpose (borrow X, spend on Y)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the borrowing mechanism"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Treasurer to borrow up to $126 million to fund public housing, raising finance by issuing Commonwealth Inscribed Stock or short-term Treasury Bills. The money may only cover loan arrangement costs and advances to States under the Housing Agreement Act 1966, creating a temporary, purpose‑limited borrowing power that ends once spent."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/loan-housing-act-1968","history":"/api/acts/loan-housing-act-1968/history","analysis":"/api/acts/loan-housing-act-1968/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/loan-housing-act-1968/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/loan-housing-act-1968/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/loan-housing-act-1968/documents"}}