3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation In this Act: > 1984 Act means the Housing Assistance Act 1984. > advance means an advance under section 17. > grant means a payment authorised under section 5. > grant year means the financial year commencing on 1 July 1989 or any later financial year commencing before 1 July 1996. > housing agreement means an agreement made under subsection 4(1), being, where the agreement has been varied under subsection 4(2), the agreement as so varied. > priority provision, in relation to a housing agreement, means a provision of the agreement that is substantially in accordance with clause 36 of the form in Schedule 1. > specific assistance means specific housing assistance referred to in a housing agreement. > specific grant means a grant for specific assistance. > State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. > State Minister, in relation to a State with which the Commonwealth has made a housing agreement, has the same meaning as in that agreement. > untied grant means a grant other than a specific grant.