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First Home Owner Grant and Home Buyer Schemes Act 2000
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17 Commissioner to decide applications
(1) If the Commissioner is satisfied that a first home owner grant is payable on an application, the Commissioner must authorise the payment of the grant.
(2) The Commissioner may authorise the payment of a first home owner grant before completion of the eligible transaction if satisfied that—
(a) there are good reasons for doing so; and
(b) the interests of the State can be adequately protected by conditions requiring repayment of the grant if the transaction is not completed within a reasonable time.
S. 18 amended by No. 46/2004 s. 18 (ILA s. 39B(1)).