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Sheltered Employment (Assistance)

No. 84 of 1970

An Act to amend the Sheltered Employment (Assistance) Act 1967.

[Assented to 26 October 1970]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Sheltered Employment (Assistance) Act 1970.
(2.) The Sheltered Employment (Assistance) Act 1967 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Sheltered Employment (Assistance) Act 1967–1970.

Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Parts.
3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words—
"Part V.—General (Sections 17–21)."
and inserting in their stead the words—
"Part IVa.—Training Fees for Eligible Organizations (Sections 16a–16b).
Part IVb.—Financial Assistance in respect of Approved Officers (Sections 16c–16e).
Part V.—General (Sections 16f–21).".

Definitions.
4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting before the definition of "disabled person" the following definition:—
    "'approved person' means—
          (a) a disabled person engaged in sheltered employment or in any other employment, occupation or business; or
          (b) a person who, because of a disability, needs special residential accommodation to allow him to engage in sheltered employment or in any other employment, occupation or business;".

Interpretation.
5. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—
      (a) by omitting from the definition of "the capital cost" in sub-section (1.) the words "providing sheltered employment or

     residential accommodation for persons engaged in sheltered employment " (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words "providing sheltered employment or providing residential accommodation for approved persons or providing both sheltered employment and residential accommodation for approved persons"; and
      (b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (3.) the words "persons engaged in sheltered employment" and inserting in their stead the words "approved persons".

Approved projects.
6. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
      "(b) the land purchased or proposed to be purchased, or the building or improvement constructed or altered or proposed to be constructed or altered, is used, or is to be used, permanently by or on behalf of the organization for or in connexion with providing sheltered employment or providing residential accommodation for approved persons or providing both sheltered employment and residential accommodation for approved persons,".

7. After Part IV. of the Principal Act the following Parts are inserted:—

"Part IVa.—Training Fees for Eligible Organizations.

Definition.
"16a. In this Part, 'normal employment', in relation to a person, means—
      (a)