Government Employees’ Housing Authority Regulations 1965

 

Government Employees’ Housing Authority Regulations 1965

CONTENTS

1.Citation1

2.Interpretation1

3.Form and custody of common seal1

4.Common seal2

5.Tenancy agreement2

6.Form of warrant2

Notes

Compilation table4

 

Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964

Government Employees’ Housing Authority Regulations 1965

1.Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Government Employees’ Housing Authority Regulations 1965 1.

2.Interpretation

In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears — 

chairperson means the person appointed as chairman of the Authority under section 8(2)(a) of the Act;

metropolitan region has the same meaning as is from time to time ascribed to it by the Town Planning and Development Act 1928;

secretary means the person for the time being holding the office of Director of the Authority and includes the Deputy Director.

the Act means the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964.

[Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 19 Mar 1976 p. 804; 19 Oct 1993 p. 5753.]

3.Form and custody of common seal

(1)The form of the common seal of the Authority is — 

GEmp House

(2)The common seal of the Authority shall be kept in safe custody by the secretary.

4.Common seal

The common seal of the Authority shall not be affixed to a document unless it is affixed to the document by the secretary in the presence of the chairperson or in his or her absence —

(a)another member of the Authority; or

(b)a person who is appointed for that purpose by the Authority from time to time.

[Regulation 4 inserted in Gazette 19 Oct 1993 p. 5753; amended in Gazette 8 Dec 1998 p. 6572.]

5.Tenancy agreement

[(1)repealed]

(2)Every person to whom a house is let pursuant to the Act shall if required by the Authority enter into a tenancy agreement with the Authority in such form as the Authority may from time to time determine.

[Regulation 5 amended in Gazette 19 Mar 1976 p. 804; 7 Aug 1987 p. 3085.]

6.Form of warrant

For the purposes of section 28(2) of the Act, a warrant issued by a court of summary jurisdiction upon application made by the Authority or its agent under that subsection, shall be in the following form — 

Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964

WARRANT OF POSSESSION

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

To Wit

 

To:

WHEREAS ................................................................................... of ................................................................................................... holds the premises situate at ......................................................... of the Government Employees’ Housing Authority constituted under the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964; and whereas the said .......................... has failed to vacate the said premises pursuant to the notice duly given by the Authority under section 28 of the Act and the Authority applied on the ......................................... day of ..................................., 20........, to us (me) the undersigned of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace (Magistrate) sitting at .............................................. for a warrant pursuant to that section: Now, therefore, these are to authorise and require you the said ................................................ on or before the ................. day of .................................., 20........ to enter upon the said premises situate at ..................................... and remove therefrom all persons, and all goods and chattels not being the property of the Government Employees’ Housing Authority, and to give possession of those premises to the Authority.

Dated the ........................ day of ..............................., 20.......

..........................................

(J.P., Magistrate.)

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Government Employees’ Housing Authority Regulations 1965 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Government Employees’ Housing Authority Regulations 1965

20 Jan 1966 p. 143‑4

20 Jan 1966

 

19 Mar 1976 p. 804

19 Mar 1976

Government Employees’ Housing Authority Amendment Regulations 1987

7 Aug 1987 p. 3085

7 Aug 1987

Government Employees’ Housing Authority Amendment Regulations 1993

19 Oct 1993 p. 5753

19 Oct 1993

Government Employees’ Housing Authority Amendment Regulations 1998

8 Dec 1998 p. 6571‑2

8 Dec 1998

Reprint 1 as at 3 Jan 2003 (correction in Gazette 9 May 2003 p. 1619)