Housing Assistance (Form of Agreement) Determination 2003
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Period of Agreement
2(1) This Agreement shall be deemed to have come into effect on 1 July 2003 in respect of the Commonwealth and of a State when it is signed on behalf of the Commonwealth, and:
(a) where the laws of a State require that its Parliament authorises the execution of, or approves, this Agreement, when it has been signed on behalf of the State with the authority of the Parliament of the State or, having been signed on behalf of the State without that authority, is approved by the Parliament of the State; or
(b) where the laws of the State do not require that its Parliament authorises the execution of, or approves, this Agreement, when it has been signed on behalf of the State.
2(2) Notwithstanding that in this Agreement all the States are named as parties, this Agreement shall operate as an Agreement between the Commonwealth and the party or parties in respect of which it comes into force as fully and effectually as if the party or parties in respect of which it comes into force were the only party or parties so named other than the Commonwealth.
2(3) The Agreement covers arrangements for the period of five years from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2008 inclusive.
2(4) The 1999 Housing Agreement shall cease to operate from 1 July 2003 inclusive, except that the obligations arising under Part VIII of the 1984 Housing Agreement, referred to in subclause 1(3) of the 1989 Housing Agreement and in subclause 2(2) of the 1996 Housing Agreement and unperformed prior to 1 July 2003, and any other unperformed obligations under the 1996 Housing Agreement and the 1999 Housing Agreement, will continue to be in force.