Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01285:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 9084–12280

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this Direction are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) Board;
(aa) guarantee liabilities;
(c) registered community housing provider.
  In this Direction:
Act means the Housing Australia Act 2018.
AHBA (for Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator) means the bond aggregator established for section 6 and Part 3.
Australian Statistical Geography Standard means the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2016, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as existing at the time this instrument commenced.
Note:          The Standard could in 2022 be viewed on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website (https://www.abs.gov.au).
capacity building contract means a contract made under Part 5 with a person or entity for the provision of services to a registered community housing provider.
capital city—see subsection 4A(1).
child means a person aged under 16.
Commercial Financier means a private sector body that finances or invests in projects relating to infrastructure or housing.
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
crisis and transitional housing—see subsection 21A(5).
crisis and transitional housing project—see subsection 21A(4).
crisis and transitional housing special purpose vehicle—see subsection 22BA(2).
eligible home buyer—see section 29D.
eligible lender—see section 29B.
eligible loan—see section 29C.
eligible single legal guardian—see section 29D.
eligible single parent—see section 29D.
Family Home Guarantee means:
 (a) a guarantee issued under subsection 29IB(1); or
 (b) a guarantee issued during the 2021-22 financial year under subsection 29IB(1) (as in force immediately before 1 July 2022).
family violence has the same meaning as in section 4AB of the Family Law Act 1975.
financing application means an application to Housing Australia for the making of a loan or grant.
financing decision means a decision to make a loan or grant.
First Home Guarantee means a guarantee issued under section 29I.
HAFFF (for Housing Australia Future Fund Facility) means the facility established for section 7A and Part 4A.
HAFFF availability payment—see subsection 28N(4).
HAFFF construction compliant—see subsection 28E(4).
HAFFF project—see subsection 28E(1).
HAFFF special purpose vehicle—see subsection 28F(2).
HAFFF upfront grant—see subsection 28N(4).
Home Guarantee Scheme—see section 8A.
housing-enabling infrastructure—see subsection 21A(2).
housing-enabling infrastructure project—see subsection 21A(1).
housing-enabling infrastructure special purpose vehicle—see subsection 22(2).
index number—see section 4B.
local governing body has the same meaning as in the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995.
major bank means one of the following groups of entities, treated as a single entity:
 (a) the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ACN 005 357 522) and its related bodies corporate;
 (b) the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ACN 123 123 124) and its related bodies corporate;
 (c) National Australia Bank Limited (ACN 004 044 937)