20Application for grant

20 Application for grant

(1)  An application for a grant under this Act is to be made to the Commissioner.

(2)  An application under subsection (1)  –

(a) must be in a form approved by the Commissioner; and

(b) must contain the information required by the Commissioner; and

(c) must be made –

(i) on or after the day on which the contract, that forms the eligible transaction to which the application relates, is made; and

(ii) [Section 20 Subsection (2) amended by S.R. 2020, No. 83, Applied:09 Dec 2020] before 15 April 2021; and

(d) may be made in respect of either the Tasmanian HomeBuilder grant or the Commonwealth HomeBuilder grant, or both.

(3)  An applicant must provide the Commissioner with any further information the Commissioner requires to decide the application.

(3A)  [Section 20 Subsection (3A) inserted by S.R. 2021, No. 23, Applied:04 Jun 2020] If the Commissioner requires further information under subsection (3)  –

(a) the Commissioner may refuse to determine the application until the further information is provided as required; and

(b) [Section 20 Subsection (3A) amended by S.R. 2023, No. 13, Applied:30 Apr 2023] the application is taken to lapse if the further information is not provided before 1 July 2025.

(4)  Information provided by an applicant in or in relation to an application must, if the Commissioner so requires, be verified by statutory declaration or supported by other evidence required by the Commissioner.

(5)  An applicant may, with the Commissioner’s consent, amend an application under this Act.