Bill
National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-10-30. Families and Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Families and Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-07-22
- second reading — 2019-07-22
- committee — 2019-07-22
- third reading — 2019-07-22
- introduced — 2019-07-24
- second reading — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-10-17
- third reading — 2019-10-17
- passed — 2019-10-17
- royal assent — 2019-10-30
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 2019-07-04.
This bill would fix unclear parts of the National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008 and give more flexibility to run the scheme.
It would clarify the scheme's goals, including protecting tenants and investors, and identify the constitutional powers the Act relies on.
The bill would also support making new regulations to replace the current ones, which expire on 1 April 2020.
- Clarifies ambiguous provisions in the National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008.
- Provides further flexibility in administering the National Rental Affordability Scheme.
- Expressly identifies the constitutional powers the Act relies on.
- Supports making new regulations to replace the National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations 2008 before they sunset.
Tenants, investors, and state and territory governments involved in the National Rental Affordability Scheme.
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