10Criterion 3—Applicant (or applicant's partner) must not have been entitled to earlier grant

10 Criterion 3—Applicant (or applicant's partner) must not have been entitled to earlier grant

S. 10(1) amended by No. 24/2025 s. 14(1).

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an applicant is ineligible if—

S. 10(1)(a) amended by No. 27/2001 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 3.5).

(a) the applicant or the applicant's partner has been a party to an earlier application under this Act or a corresponding law; and

(b) a grant was paid on the application.

S. 10(2) amended by No. 113/2003 s. 16.

(2) An applicant is not ineligible if the grant was paid but later paid back.

S. 10(3) repealed by No. 10/2001 s. 4(1), new s. 10(3) inserted by No. 24/2025 s. 14(2).

(3) An applicant is not ineligible if the grant was paid on an earlier application to which the applicant or the applicant's partner was a party and the Commissioner is satisfied that the person who was an applicant in the earlier application—

(a) does not reside in the home to which the earlier application relates because another person subjected the person or a family member of the person to family violence; and

(b) has not received and will not receive any financial benefit from the home to which the earlier application relates.

S. 11 (Heading) inserted by No. 27/2001 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 3.6).