Tasmania act

First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2026

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Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

9 of 2026

Collection

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What this document is and why it matters

This file is the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2026 (Tasmania). The copy shown here is the consolidated version current from 1 July 2026. The text you provided contains page headers and metadata only and does not include the operative clauses of the amending Act.

What an amendment of this kind normally does (mechanically)

An amendment to the First Home Owner Grant Act typically changes the existing grant scheme that gives a one‑off payment to eligible first home buyers. Mechanically, an amending Act usually does one or more of the following:
- alters eligibility rules (who qualifies, residency or prior‑ownership tests);
- changes the grant amount or introduces indexing rules;
- modifies the definition of a ‘‘first home’’ or the types of dwellings covered (new homes, established homes, off‑the‑plan purchases);
- adjusts application, evidence and timing requirements (when the grant is paid, time limits to occupy, conveyancing thresholds);
- adds or changes exclusions or special categories (for example, concessions for regional purchases, building contracts, or veterans);
- inserts transitional provisions (how applications in progress are treated) and savings clauses;
- confers regulation‑making powers or changes administrative arrangements (which agency pays the grant, reporting or review obligations).

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Short title

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2026 .

Commencement

2 Commencement

This Act commences on 1 July 2026, but if this Act does not receive the Royal Assent by that date it is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2026.

Principal Act

3 Principal Act

In this Act, the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 is referred to as the Principal Act.

The amendments effected by this section have been incorporated into the authorised version of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 .

The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 .

4.

The amendments effected by this section have been incorporated into the authorised version of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 .

5.

The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 .

Repeal of Act

6 Repeal of Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which it commenced.

Source text

Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2026

An Act to amend the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000

[Royal Assent 10 July 2026]

Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2026 .

2. Commencement

This Act commences on 1 July 2026, but if this Act does not receive the Royal Assent by that date it is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2026.

3. Principal Act

In this Act, the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 is referred to as the Principal Act.

The amendments effected by this section have been incorporated into the authorised version of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 .

The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 .

6. Repeal of Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which it commenced.