Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY ACT 1987 No. 101 of 1987 - SECT 59

59. (1) The rent payable for any house let or leased by the Authority shall be
such as the Authority, subject to this section and to section 6 and
subsection 31 (3), determines from time to time, having regard to the
prevailing market rents for houses.

(2) The Authority shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this
Act:

   (a)  determine, in writing, the principles in accordance with which it
        proposes to determine rents; and

   (b)  inform the Minister, by notice in writing, of the principles that it
        has determined.

(3) Where the Authority varies the principles in accordance with which it
determines rents, the Authority shall inform the Minister, by notice in
writing, of the variation.