Page 631 - Week 02 - Thursday, 21 February 2019

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In this part:

rectification notice means a notice under section 35F.

rectification work means work necessary to make premises comply with the minimum housing standards.

35B  What are the  minimum housing standards?

In this Act:

minimum housing standards means standards determined by the Minister under section 35C.

35C  Determination of minimum housing standards

(1) The Minister—

(a) must determine minimum housing standards in relation to the following matters:

(i) provision and maintenance of locks or other security devices;

(ii) construction, condition and safety of premises;

(iii) sanitation and plumbing;

(iv) supply of hot and cold water;

(v) ventilation and protection from damp;

(vi) heating;

(vii) laundry and cooking facilities;

(viii) electrical safety;

(ix) lighting;

(x) hard-wired smoke detectors; and

(b) may determine minimum housing standards in relation to any other matter.

(2) A determination is a disallowable instrument.

Note  A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act.

35D  Minimum housing standards—public consultation

(1) Before determining a minimum housing standard under section 35C, the Minister must prepare a notice (a consultation notice)—

(a) stating that copies of a draft of the minimum housing standards are available for inspection during a stated period of at least 15 business days at stated places; and

(b) inviting interested people to give written comments about the draft standards to the Minister at a stated address during a stated period ending at least 15 business days after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) A consultation notice is a notifiable instrument.

Note  A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.

(3) The Minister must give public notice of the consultation notice.

Note  Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).

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