Land Regulation 2020
sec.56Deferral of rent or instalments for declaration of hardship area
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sec.56 Deferral of rent or instalments for declaration of hardship area
This section applies if the Minister is satisfied a tenure (an affected tenure ) has been severely affected by— a natural disaster; or adverse economic conditions. The Minister may, by notice published on a Queensland Government website (a hardship deferral declaration ), declare an area comprising, or including, the affected tenure as a hardship area. The hardship deferral declaration must state— the affected tenures to which it relates; and each area declared as a hardship area; and that the payment of all or part of the rent or instalments that, but for the declaration, would have been payable by the holder of each affected tenure, is deferred; and if the payment of only part of the rent or instalments is deferred—the proportion of the rent or instalments that is deferred; and the period for which the payment of the rent or instalments is deferred; and the terms of payment of the deferred rent or instalments, including the day by which the deferred rent or instalments must be paid. For subsection (3) (a) and (b) , an area may be declared as a hardship area by reference to either, or a combination of both, of the following— an area comprising or including an affected tenure; an area in a local government area. In this section— Queensland Government website means a website with a URL that contains ‘qld.gov.au’, other than the website of a local government. (sec.56-ssec.1) This section applies if the Minister is satisfied a tenure (an affected tenure ) has been severely affected by— a natural disaster; or adverse economic conditions. (sec.56-ssec.2) The Minister may, by notice published on a Queensland Government website (a hardship deferral declaration ), declare an area comprising, or including, the affected tenure as a hardship area. (sec.56-ssec.3) The hardship deferral declaration must state— the affected tenures to which it relates; and each area declared as a hardship area; and that the payment of all or part of the rent or instalments that, but for the declaration, would have been payable by the holder of each affected tenure, is deferred; and if the payment of only part of the rent or instalments is deferred—the proportion of the rent or instalments that is deferred; and the period for which the payment of the rent or instalments is deferred; and the terms of payment of the deferred rent or instalments, including the day by which the deferred rent or instalments must be paid. (sec.56-ssec.4) For subsection (3) (a) and (b) , an area may be declared as a hardship area by reference to either, or a combination of both, of the following— an area comprising or including an affected tenure; an area in a local government area. (sec.56-ssec.5) In this section— Queensland Government website means a website with a URL that contains ‘qld.gov.au’, other than the website of a local government.