16Eligibility conditions

16 Eligibility conditions

(1) To be eligible for a grant, a person of a kind mentioned in section 15 must satisfy: (a) the condition set out in subsection (2); and (b) any other conditions prescribed by the rules. (2) Unless the rules exclude the person from this subsection, the person must be either: (a) ready to export eligible products; or (b) both: (i) exporting eligible products; and (ii) seeking to expand the person’s export promotion activity (within existing, or to new, export markets) for eligible products.

Note: The rules define ready to export.

(3) If the rules exclude a person from subsection (2), the rules must also prescribe one or more conditions that have the effect of requiring a connection between the person and the marketing of eligible products in a foreign country. (4) Conditions prescribed by the rules for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b): (a) may include a time at which, or a period during which, a person must satisfy the conditions; and (b) may be different for different kinds of persons.