Help to Buy (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2024 (Qld)

An Act to refer particular matters relating to the Help to Buy scheme to the Parliament of the Commonwealth for the purposes of section 51(xxxvii) of the Commonwealth Constitution and to amend this Act and the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Help to Buy (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2024.

2 Definitions (1) In this Act— amendment matters— (a) means matters relating to the provision of Commonwealth financial assistance for the purpose of assisting individuals to buy a home, where the financial assistance is provided under a Help to Buy arrangement that— (i) relates to residential property located in a State; and (ii) is entered into while the State is a participating State; and (b) without limiting paragraph (a), means matters relating to— (i) entering into Help to Buy arrangements that satisfy the conditions mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) and (ii); and (ii) administering Help to Buy arrangements of that kind; and (iii) monitoring compliance with Help to Buy arrangements of that kind; and (iv) doing anything incidental or conducive to anything mentioned in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii). amendment reference means the reference of matters under section 3(1)(c). Commonwealth Help to Buy Act means a Commonwealth Act, as in force from time to time, that is enacted in the terms, or substantially in the terms, of the scheduled text. express amendment, of the Commonwealth Help to Buy Act— (a) means the direct amendment of the text of that Act (whether by the insertion, omission, repeal, substitution or relocation of words or matter) by another Commonwealth Act, or by an instrument under a Commonwealth Act; but (b) does not include the enactment by a Commonwealth Act of a provision that has, or will have, substantive effect otherwise than as part of the text of the Commonwealth Help to Buy Act. primary text reference means the reference of matters under section 3(1)(a). referred primary provisions means the scheduled text, other than— (a) part 2, divisions 2 and 3; and (b) sections 24(1)(a)(ii), 25(3)(b) and (c), and 38. referred residual provisions means the scheduled text, other than— (a) part 2, divisions 1 and 3; and (b) sections 24(1)(a)(i), 25(3)(a) and (c), and 38. residual text reference means the reference of matters under section 3(1)(b). scheduled text means the text of the Bill for a proposed Commonwealth Act, as set out in schedule 1. (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, words defined in the scheduled text and otherwise used in this Act have the same meaning in this Act as they have in the scheduled text.