14Eligible married persons

14 Eligible married persons

(1) Subject to section 14E, a person is an eligible person for the purposes of this Act if: (a) the person is married; (b) the person had not, before the prescribed date and the date of his or her marriage, attained the age of thirty‑six years; (c) the person: (i) was an Australian citizen throughout the period of three years immediately preceding the prescribed date; or (ii) resided in Australia throughout that period; (d) the Secretary is satisfied that, throughout the period of three years immediately preceding the prescribed date: (i) where the prescribed date is a date not later than 30 April 1967—acceptable savings were held by the person; or (ii) in any other case—acceptable savings were held by the person or his or her spouse, or by the person jointly with his or her spouse; (e) a grant under this Act has not been made to the person, or to the spouse or a former spouse of the person during his or her marriage to the person; (f) the person or his or her spouse has, or the person and his or her spouse have, on or after 2 December 1963: (i) entered into a contract for the purchase of a dwelling‑house situated in Australia, or for the construction by a building‑contractor, on land situated in Australia that is, or that the Secretary is satisfied will be, owned by either or both of those persons, of a dwelling‑house the construction of which commenced on or after that date; or (ii) commenced to construct, otherwise than through a building‑contractor, on land situated in Australia that is, or that the Secretary is satisfied will be, owned by either or both of those persons, a dwelling‑house that has since that date been completed or on which substantial building progress has been made; (g) the person is not an undischarged bankrupt; and (h) the person is not serving a term of imprisonment for an offence against the law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory. (2) For the purposes of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of the last preceding subsection, any savings held by the spouse of a person (other than savings held jointly with the person) shall be disregarded if, apart from that paragraph, the spouse would not himself or herself be an eligible person.