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Reprint as at 1 April 2008

Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992

Public Act	1992 No 76
Date of assent	18 August 1992

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Housing.

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

Part 1
Principles

4 Principal objective of company [Repealed]

5 Responsibility of Ministers [Repealed]

6 Directors and their role [Repealed]

7 Contracts for provision of services

8 Collective agreements [Repealed]

Part 2
Acquisition by the Crown of shares in company

9 Acquisition by the Crown of shares in company [Repealed]

10 Application of Companies Act 1955 [Repealed]

11 Shareholding Ministers may subscribe for additional shares and equity bonds in company [Repealed]

12 Equity bonds [Repealed]

13 Provisions relating to Ministers' shareholding [Repealed]

14 Powers of shareholding Ministers in respect of company [Repealed]

Part 3
Accountability

15 Statement of corporate intent [Repealed]

16 Annual report, accounts, and dividend [Repealed]

17 Half-yearly reports [Repealed]

18 Information to be laid before House of Representatives [Repealed]

19 Other information [Repealed]

20 Auditor-General to be auditor of company and subsidiaries [Repealed]

21 Protection from disclosure of sensitive information [Repealed]

Part 4
Vesting of state housing assets and liabilities and corporation assets and liabilities in company

22 Agreements in relation to vesting of State housing assets and liabilities and Corporation assets and liabilities

23 Assets relating to land and interests in land may be dealt with separately

24 Vesting of State housing assets and liabilities and Corporation assets and liabilities in company

25 Additional provisions relating to vesting

26 Vesting of assets where certain terms and conditions prescribed by statute

27 Provisions relating to vesting of land

28 Title to land vested in company

29 Land certification

30 Certification of easements

31 Orders in Council relating to vesting of State housing assets and liabilities and Corporation assets and liabilities

32 Books and documents to remain evidence

33 Application of Housing Act 1955 to company

34 Acquisition of land under Public Works Act 1981

35 Return of assets or liabilities by company to the Crown

36 Title to land vested in the Crown

37 Application of Housing Act 1955

38 Amendment to section 34 of Housing Act 1955

39 Amendment to Maori Housing Act 1935

10 Rate of interest on advances

40 Application of Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956

41 Amendments to other Acts

Part 5
Income-related rents

42 Interpretation

43 Income-related rent

45 Changes in rent

Calculating income-related rents

46 Calculating income-related rents

47 Assessable income

48 Certain amounts included in weekly income

49 Calculation mechanism may include amounts in or exclude amounts from weekly income

Assessable assets, and deprivation of income or property

50 Assessable assets

51 Assessable income may be adjusted in certain cases

Estimating weekly income, and regulations for purposes of calculation mechanism

52 Estimating weekly income

53 Regulations for purposes of calculation mechanism

Transitional matters

54 Transitional arrangements for certain tenants

55 Responsible department may verify entitlement

Administration of income-related rents

56 Tenant's duty to advise changes of circumstances

57 Reviews of income-related rents

58 Investigation of applications, etc

59 Company may seek information

60 Recovery where rate of rent too low

61 Allocation of HNZ housing

62 Rights of appeal

63 Regulations for purposes other than calculation mechanism

64 Delegation of powers under this Part

65 Reimbursement of company

Part 6
Information matching

66 Interpretation

67 Purpose of section 68

68 Disclosure of tenancy information for benefit purposes

69 Information and details to be disclosed

Schedule 1
Enactments amended

Schedule 2
Prescribed elements of calculation mechanism

Schedule 3
Transitional matters

An Act to—

(a) Provide for the acquisition by the Crown of shares in the capital of a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1955; and

(b) Provide for the vesting in that company of State housing land held by the Crown under the Housing Act 1955 and assets and liabilities of the Housing Corporation of New Zealand; and

(c) Provide for related matters, income-related rents, information matching, and other tenancy matters

Paragraph (c) of the title was amended, as from 1 July 2006, by section 4 Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Information Matching) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 34) by adding the words “, income-related rents, information matching, and other tenancy matters”.

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: