14AEligible widowed persons

14A Eligible widowed persons

Subject to section 14E, a person is an eligible person for the purposes of this Act if: (a) the person is a widower or widow who has a dependent child or dependent children or had such a child or children at the prescribed date; (b) the person had not, before the prescribed date, 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 the person held acceptable savings throughout the period of three years immediately preceding the prescribed date; (e) a grant under this Act has not been made to the person, or to a deceased spouse or former spouse of the person during his or her marriage to the person; (f) the person has, or the person and a child or children of the person or of a deceased spouse of the person have, on or after 28 November 1966, and while the person was a widower or widow: (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 the person or by the person and the child or children, 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 the person or by the person and the child or children, 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 a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.