59Claim for reduction of costs of administration due to hardship

59 Claim for reduction of costs of administration due to hardship

(1)  A purchaser of land under section 55 may, by notice to Homes Tasmania, claim that the imposition of a charge for costs of administration, or an increase in that charge, will cause the purchaser hardship.

(2)  A claim under subsection (1) is to be accompanied by a statutory declaration of the incomes of the residents of the land that the purchaser is purchasing under section 55 .

(3)  If Homes Tasmania is satisfied, on the basis of a claim under subsection (1) made by the purchaser, that hardship would be caused to the purchaser, Homes Tasmania must grant a total or partial exemption from the payment of the charge or increase to which the claim relates.

(4)  An exemption granted under subsection (3) in respect of land is to be such that the total rental payable in respect of the land is whichever is the higher of the following:

(a) not more than 25% of the combined incomes of the residents in relation to the land;

(b) the rental payable immediately before the charge was imposed or increased.