Bill
Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Amendment Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-11-29. Defence portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Defence
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-10-27
- second reading — 2022-10-27
- other — 2022-11-08
- second reading — 2022-11-08
- second reading — 2022-11-09
- second reading — 2022-11-09
- other — 2022-11-09
- third reading — 2022-11-09
- introduced — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- third reading — 2022-11-24
- passed — 2022-11-24
- royal assent — 2022-11-29
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-10-27.
The bill would make it easier for Australian Defence Force members to get home loan subsidies.
It would shorten the time members must serve before qualifying, remove the five-year limit on applying after leaving the force, and let the Secretary fix mistakes that stop subsidies.
A new mechanism would let the Commonwealth recover payments made in error to avoid constitutional problems.
- Removes the five-year limit for former members to apply for a subsidy certificate.
- Reduces the minimum service periods needed for initial access and each subsidy tier.
- Lets the Secretary declare a subsidy ceasing event did not happen if it was due to a genuine error, mistake or accident.
- Adds a recoverable payments mechanism for payments made in good faith but not authorised by the Act.
Current and former Australian Defence Force members and their families.
Sources
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