(1) Despite the continuation of the former bodies as part of the Housing Authority, section 65A of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 applies in relation to the preparation and submission of a final report in respect of the former body as if —
(a) at commencement, it were abolished;
(b) references in that section to a department were references to the former body; and
(c) references in that section to provisions of sections 62 to 65 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 were references to the equivalent provisions of sections 66 to 70 of that Act,
except that —
(d) the period to which the final report is to relate is the final period; and
(e) the references in sections 66(1), 68 and 70(1) to the end of the financial year are to be read as references to the end of the final period.
(2) If at commencement, any duty imposed by Part II Division 14 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 on the accountable authority of the former body has not been complied with in relation to the former body for any financial year that expired before commencement, that duty subsists and is to be performed by the reporting officer as if the reporting officer were the accountable authority.
(3) The time within which the reporting officer is to perform a duty referred to in subsection (2) is extended until the end of the day that is 2 months after the day on which the reporting officer is appointed, but this subsection does not prevent the time from being extended again under section 70 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.
(4) The Housing Authority is to give the reporting officer access to all records necessary for the purposes of this section.
(5) In this section —
final period means the period starting at the beginning of the 1 July immediately before commencement and ending immediately before commencement;
reporting officer means the person appointed under section 65A(2) of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 as applied because of subsection (1).
References to former bodies
After commencement, a reference to the former body in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Housing Authority unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.
Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964
(1) The Government Employees’ Housing Fund referred to in section 24(1) of the as in force after commencement is a continuation of the Government Employees’ Housing Authority Fund referred to in that section as in force before commencement.
Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964
(2) After commencement, a reference to the Government Employees’ Authority Housing Fund in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Government Employees’ Housing Fund referred to in section 24(1) of the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 as in force after commencement unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.
Housing Act 1980
(1) After commencement, a reference to The State Housing Commission in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Housing Authority unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.
(2) The office of chief executive officer of the Housing Authority is a continuation of the office of general manager of The State Housing Commission referred to in the Housing Act 1980 as in force before commencement.
(3) The Housing Authority Fund referred to in section 62(2) of the Housing Act 1980 as in force after commencement is a continuation of The State Housing Commission Fund referred to in that subsection as in force before commencement.
(4) After commencement, a reference to The State Housing Commission Fund in an instrument or other document is to be taken to be a reference to the Housing Authority Fund referred to in section 62(2) of the Housing Act 1980 as in force after commencement unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires.
(5) Section 69 of the Housing Act 1980, as in force before commencement, continues to apply in relation to things done or omitted to be done and agreements entered into before commencement.
Interpretation
In this Division —
commencement means the time at which section 314 comes into operation;
former body means —
(a) the Country Housing Authority established by section 4 of the Country Housing Act 1998 as in force before commencement;
(b) the Government Employees’ Housing Authority established by section 8 of the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 as in force before commencement;
Housing Authority means the Housing Authority referred to in section 6(4) of the Housing Act 1980 as in force after commencement.
7 The Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51 Table in item 31 in the row relating to s. 55(5) had not come into operation when it was deleted by the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2014 s. 39(4).
Defined terms
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