27Death of applicant

27 Death of applicant

(1)  An application for a grant under this Act does not lapse because an applicant dies before the application is decided.

(2)  If an applicant for a grant under this Act dies before the application is decided, the following provisions apply:

(a) if the deceased person was an applicant in respect of a joint application and the other applicant survives, the application is to be dealt with as if the surviving applicant was the sole applicant;

(b) in any other case, a grant, if payable on the application, is to be paid to the estate of the deceased.

(3)  If a deceased applicant for a grant under this Act had not, by the date of his or her death, met the residence requirement in respect of the home to which the application relates, but the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant intended to do so, the residence requirement is satisfied.