16Applications for grants

16 Applications for grants

(1) Where the person, or each of the persons, who is a prescribed person in relation to a dwelling‑house is an eligible person in relation to the dwelling‑house, an application for a grant in respect of the dwelling‑house may be made in accordance with this section. (2) An application for a grant in respect of a dwelling‑house: (a) shall be in writing in accordance with a form made available by the Secretary; (b) subject to subsection (3), shall be signed by the person who is, or by each person who is, an eligible person in relation to the dwelling‑house; and (c) shall be furnished to the Regional Director for the State or Territory in which the dwelling‑house is, or is to be, situated. (3) Where: (a) an application that is required to be signed by 2 or more persons has been signed by one or more, but not by all, of those persons; and (b) the Secretary is satisfied, in respect of each person by whom the application was not signed as mentioned in paragraph (a), that it was not signed by the person by reason that: (i) the person was unable to sign the application because of physical or mental incapacity, absence or any other reason that the Secretary considers sufficient; (ii) the person refused to sign the application; (iii) the whereabouts of the person were not known; or (iv) the person has died; the Secretary may, if he considers that the person should be treated as an applicant, direct that the person is to be deemed to have signed the application. (4) An applicant for a grant shall furnish to the Regional Director to whom the application for the grant is furnished such declarations and other documents as the Secretary requires. (5) The reference in paragraph (2)(c) to the State or Territory in which a dwelling‑house is, or is to be, situated shall be read as a reference to: (a) if the dwelling‑house is, or is to be, situated in the Northern Territory and the Secretary has not appointed a Regional Director for that Territory—South Australia; and (b) if the dwelling‑house is, or is to be, situated in the city of Queanbeyan in New South Wales—the Australian Capital Territory.