First Home Owner Grant and Home Buyer Schemes Act 2000
34BDeclaration of home buyer scheme
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34B Declaration of home buyer scheme
(1) The Treasurer, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare a scheme to be a home buyer scheme for the purposes of this Part.
(2) A scheme that is declared under subsection (1) to be a home buyer scheme must be a scheme under which—
(a) a person who is acquiring a home or vacant land on which a home is to be constructed may enter into an agreement with the State; and
(b) in accordance with the terms of the agreement, the State contributes to the acquisition of the home or land; and
(c) the State takes an interest in the home or land or in the sale proceeds of the home or land.
(3) A declaration under subsection (1) may specify matters in relation to the scope and administration of the home buyer scheme, including the following—
(a) eligibility requirements for participants in the scheme;
(b) matters relating to type of home or vacant land that may be purchased under the scheme;
(c) terms of agreements entered into under the scheme;
(d) the enforcement of agreements entered into under the scheme;
(e) record keeping requirements;
(f) evidentiary requirements;
(g) conditions of agreements entered into with third parties for the purposes of the administration of the scheme;
(h) any other relevant matter.
S. 34C inserted by No. 22/2021 s. 13.