Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00274:section:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00274
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Provision Reference: s 22
Character Range: 31186–33299

22  Constitutional limits—grants to persons or bodies other than a State or Territory
  A designated Minister may exercise a power conferred on the designated Minister by subsection 18(1) or section 19 (so far as that section relates to a subsection 18(1) grant) only:
 (a) with respect to a Territory; or
 (b) with respect to implementing any of Australia's international obligations under:
 (i) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities done at New York on 13 December 2006; or
 (ii) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women done at New York on 18 December 1979; or
 (iii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child done at New York on 20 November 1989; or
 (c) with respect to the granting of financial assistance to a constitutional corporation for the purposes of carrying out the corporation's activities; or
 (d) with respect to housing for Indigenous persons; or
 (e) with respect to housing for:
 (i) veterans; or
 (ii) veterans and their family members; or
 (f) with respect to housing for aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or
 (g) with respect to housing provided by way of:
 (i) an unemployment benefit; or
 (ii) a sickness benefit; or
 (iii) a benefit to students; or
 (h) with respect to housing for:
 (i) Commonwealth employees; or
 (ii) Commonwealth employees and their family members.
Note 1: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 12 ([2008] ATS 12) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Note 2: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is in Australian Treaty Series 1983 No. 9 ([1983] ATS 9) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Note 3: The Convention on the Rights of the Child is in Australian Treaty Series 1991 No. 4 ([1991] ATS 4) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).