21Applications for grants

21 Applications for grants

(1) An application for a grant under this Act in respect of a dwelling‑house: (a) shall be in writing in accordance with a form made available by the Secretary; and (b) shall be furnished to the Regional Director for the State or internal Territory in which the dwelling‑house is, or is to be, situated before the expiration of twelve months after the prescribed date or before such later time as the Secretary in special circumstances allows. (1A) Where, in pursuance of subsection (1A) of section 20, the time before which a person is required to become an eligible person (in this subsection referred to as the extended time) is a time later than one year after the prescribed date, an application by that person for a grant under this Act may be furnished to the appropriate Regional Director at any time before the extended time. (1B) An applicant for a grant under this Act shall furnish to the Regional Director to whom the application for the grant is furnished such declarations and other documents as the Secretary requires. (1C) An application for a grant under this Act may be made by a person to whom section 20A applies notwithstanding that the person is not an eligible person. (1D) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, a grant shall not be made to a person under this Act if the application for the grant is furnished after the day on which the Home Deposit Assistance Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent. (2) For the purposes of this section: (a) the Northern Territory shall be deemed to be part of the State of South Australia; and (b) the City of Queanbeyan in the State of New South Wales shall be deemed to be part of the Australian Capital Territory.