Housing Act 2003

This section applies to an accommodation provider if the provider—

is a national entity; and

was, immediately before the commencement, providing a relevant housing service in this jurisdiction; and

intends, after the commencement, to continue providing a community housing service in this jurisdiction; and

is not eligible to be registered under part 4A because the provider will be providing most of its community housing services in another participating jurisdiction.

From the commencement—

the accommodation provider’s registration under the former Act continues and the provider must comply with—

a prescribed requirement; and

the former section 37; and

each existing assistance agreement to which the provider is a party continues.

Before the application period ends, the accommodation provider may apply for registration under the corresponding law of the participating jurisdiction that would be the provider’s primary jurisdiction (the relevant jurisdiction).

If the accommodation provider applies for registration under the corresponding law of the relevant jurisdiction before the application period ends, the provider must—

as soon as practicable after the provider makes the application, give the registrar notice of the application; and

as soon as practicable after the registrar of the relevant jurisdiction (the other registrar) decides the provider’s application, give the registrar notice of the other registrar’s decision.

If the other registrar approves the accommodation provider’s application for registration, on the registration of the provider under the corresponding law—

the provider’s registration under the former Act is cancelled; and

an existing assistance agreement to which the provider is a party continues until it is terminated or otherwise ends.