Housing Australia Future Fund (Treasury) Delegations 2024

I, Clare O’Neil, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, make the following delegations.

Dated   13 December 2024

Clare O’Neil

Minister for Housing
Minister for Homelessness

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

Part 2—Delegations

5  Delegation by the Treasurer

6  Delegations by the Housing Minister

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This instrument is the Housing Australia Future Fund (Treasury) Delegations 2024.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023.

4  Definitions

Note: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.

  In this instrument:

SES Band 2 employee means an SES employee who has been allocated an SES Band 2 classification.

the Act means the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023.

the Treasury means the Department of the Treasury.

Part 2—Delegations

5  Delegation by the Treasurer

Delegation

  Under subsection 62(1) of the Act, each person holding, occupying or performing the duties of each of the following offices or positions in the Treasury, is delegated all of the Treasurer’s functions and powers under section 30 of the Act:

 (a) the Secretary;

 (b) a Deputy Secretary;

 (c) an SES Band 2 employee.

Note: Section 30 of the Act relates to debits from the Federation Reform Fund.

6  Delegations by the Housing Minister

Delegation

 (1) Under subsection 64(1) the Act, each person holding, occupying or performing the duties of each of the following offices or positions in the Treasury, is delegated all of the Housing Minister’s functions and powers under sections 33 and 34 of the Act:

 (a) the Secretary;

 (b) a Deputy Secretary;

 (c) an SES Band 2 employee.

Note: Section 33 of the Act relates to requesting transfers from the Housing Australia Future Fund Special Account to the Housing Australia Special Account. Section 34 of the Act relates to debits from the Housing Australia Special Account.

Directions

 (2) Under subsection 64(2) of the Act, a delegate under subsection (1) is directed to exercise the function or power in a manner consistent with all of the following:

 (a) the delegate must have regard to the balance of the Housing Australia Special Account before making a request of the Finance Minister, or the Finance Minister’s delegate, to transfer a specified amount to the Housing Australia Special Account; and

 (b) the delegate must consult with the Housing Minister or the Housing Minister’s office about whether the Minister would prefer to be the decision-maker before the delegate makes a request of the Finance Minister, or the Finance Minister’s delegate, to transfer a specified amount to the Housing Australia Special Account.