Defence Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2020 (45 of 2020)

Schedule 1   Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme

Part 2   Application and transitional provisions

7   Transitional provision - application for subsidy certificate

(1) This item applies if:

(a) before commencement, the Secretary refused to give a subsidy certificate to an applicant under subsection 16(3) of the old law only because the application for the subsidy certificate (the old application ) was not made within the 2-year period mentioned in paragraph 17(2)(a) or subsection 17(3) of the old law; and

(b) on or after commencement, the applicant makes an application (the new application ) for a subsidy certificate under the new law.

(2) In deciding the new application, the Secretary must disregard the old application for the purpose of being satisfied of the matter mentioned in paragraph 17(1)(c) of the new law.