Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AGED PERSONS HOSTELS ACT 1974 No. 131 of 1974 - SECT 3

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "prescribed
organization" and substituting the following definition:-



" 'prescribed organization' means-

   (a)  an eligible organization that, at the commencement of this Act, was
        conducting a qualifying subsidized home or a qualifying unsubsidized
        home; or

   (b)  any other eligible organization that has become a prescribed
        organization for the purposes of this Act in accordance with
        sub-section 8A (4); "; and

   (b)  by omitting the definition of "the prescribed number of aged persons"
        and substituting the following definition:-



" 'the prescribed number of aged persons' means-

   (a)  in relation to a prescribed organization referred to in paragraph (a)
        of the definition of 'prescribed organization' in this sub-section-the
        sum of-

        (i)    twice the number of aged persons for whose accommodation
               provision was made, at the commencement of this Act, at a
               qualifying unsubsidized home, or at qualifying subsidized
               homes, of the organization; and

        (ii)   half the number of aged persons for whose accommodation
               provision was made, at the commencement of this Act, at a
               qualifying subsidized home, or at qualifying subsidized homes,
               of the organization; or

   (b)  in relation to a prescribed organization referred to in paragraph (b)
        of that definition-the number of aged persons that is, by virtue of
        sub-section 8A (4), the prescribed number of aged persons in respect
        of the organization;".