6Eligible person

6 Eligible person

(1)  For the purposes of this Act, a person is an eligible person at a time if the time occurs after –

(a) the person –

(i) becomes entitled, under the Jobkeeper Rules, for a jobkeeper payment or becomes qualified, under the Jobkeeper Rules, for the jobkeeper scheme; and

(ii) becomes an SME entity for the purposes of the Guarantee of Lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act 2020 of the Commonwealth; or

(b) the person satisfies the criteria, if any, prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph –

whether or not paragraph (a) or (b) ceases to apply to the person during the financial hardship period.

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, and despite the provisions of this section, a lessee is also an eligible person if the person is a member of a class of eligible persons, if any, that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.