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Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008
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#### 78 Declared loan providers
(1) The Minister may declare a body corporate to be a declared loan provider for the purposes of this Act if the Commonwealth and the body have entered into a loan provider agreement.
Declaration takes effect immediately
(2) A declaration under this section takes effect immediately after it is made.
Revoking declarations
(3) The Minister may revoke a declaration made under subsection (1).
(4) If subsidy becomes payable to a subsidised borrower in relation to a loan made by a declared loan provider and the declaration of the loan provider is later revoked, the revocation does not affect:
(a) the subsidised borrower’s entitlement to the payment of subsidy in relation to the loan; or
(b) if the subsidised borrower dies—the entitlement of a surviving partner of the subsidised borrower to subsidy in relation to the loan by the operation of section 60 or 61.
(5) To avoid doubt, the Minister may revoke a declaration under this section whether or not the loan provider agreement mentioned in subsection (1) is in force.
(6) In this Act:
> declared loan provider means a loan provider declared under this section.