Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023
22Constitutional limits—grants to persons or bodies other than a State or Territory
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22 Constitutional limits—grants to persons or bodies other than a State or Territory
A designated Minister may exercise a power conferred on the designated Minister by subsection 18(1) or section 19 (so far as that section relates to a subsection 18(1) grant) only: (a) with respect to a Territory; or (b) with respect to implementing any of Australia’s international obligations under: (i) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities done at New York on 13 December 2006; or (ii) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women done at New York on 18 December 1979; or (iii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child done at New York on 20 November 1989; or (c) with respect to the granting of financial assistance to a constitutional corporation for the purposes of carrying out the corporation’s activities; or (d) with respect to housing for Indigenous persons; or (e) with respect to housing for: (i) veterans; or (ii) veterans and their family members; or (f) with respect to housing for aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or (g) with respect to housing provided by way of: (i) an unemployment benefit; or (ii) a sickness benefit; or (iii) a benefit to students; or (h) with respect to housing for: (i) Commonwealth employees; or (ii) Commonwealth employees and their family members.
Note 1: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 12 ([2008] ATS 12) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Note 2: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is in Australian Treaty Series 1983 No. 9 ([1983] ATS 9) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Note 3: The Convention on the Rights of the Child is in Australian Treaty Series 1991 No. 4 ([1991] ATS 4) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).