sch.41-sec.9Eligibility criteria

### sch.41-sec.9 Eligibility criteria For an applicant to be eligible to receive assistance under the scheme the applicant must— be an eligible entity; and be applying for assistance for an eligible activity; and be able to state the relevant rural area in which the eligible activity will primarily be undertaken (the stated rural area ); and not have previously received assistance under the scheme for a substantially similar activity; and not have received other government funding for the eligible activity; and demonstrate to the authority’s satisfaction that— the applicant has the ability to provide a cash contribution to the activity that is equal to, or more than, the amount of assistance the applicant is applying for; and the applicant has adequate experience or other qualifications to give the applicant a reasonable prospect of success in carrying out the activity; and the activity has sound prospects for commercial viability in the long term; and the activity will provide a significant economic benefit to the stated rural area. However, if an application for assistance under the scheme is made jointly by 2 or more applicants, only 1 applicant must demonstrate the matters mentioned in subsection (1) (f) (i) and (ii) . In this section— government funding means financial assistance, other than a loan, provided by the Commonwealth government, the government of a State or a local government. sch 41 s 9 ins 2022 SL No. 54 s 4 (sch.41-sec.9-ssec.1) For an applicant to be eligible to receive assistance under the scheme the applicant must— be an eligible entity; and be applying for assistance for an eligible activity; and be able to state the relevant rural area in which the eligible activity will primarily be undertaken (the stated rural area ); and not have previously received assistance under the scheme for a substantially similar activity; and not have received other government funding for the eligible activity; and demonstrate to the authority’s satisfaction that— the applicant has the ability to provide a cash contribution to the activity that is equal to, or more than, the amount of assistance the applicant is applying for; and the applicant has adequate experience or other qualifications to give the applicant a reasonable prospect of success in carrying out the activity; and the activity has sound prospects for commercial viability in the long term; and the activity will provide a significant economic benefit to the stated rural area. (sch.41-sec.9-ssec.2) However, if an application for assistance under the scheme is made jointly by 2 or more applicants, only 1 applicant must demonstrate the matters mentioned in subsection (1) (f) (i) and (ii) . (sch.41-sec.9-ssec.3) In this section— government funding means financial assistance, other than a loan, provided by the Commonwealth government, the government of a State or a local government. - (a) be an eligible entity; and - (b) be applying for assistance for an eligible activity; and - (c) be able to state the relevant rural area in which the eligible activity will primarily be undertaken (the stated rural area ); and - (d) not have previously received assistance under the scheme for a substantially similar activity; and - (e) not have received other government funding for the eligible activity; and - (f) demonstrate to the authority’s satisfaction that— (i) the applicant has the ability to provide a cash contribution to the activity that is equal to, or more than, the amount of assistance the applicant is applying for; and (ii) the applicant has adequate experience or other qualifications to give the applicant a reasonable prospect of success in carrying out the activity; and (iii) the activity has sound prospects for commercial viability in the long term; and (iv) the activity will provide a significant economic benefit to the stated rural area. - (i) the applicant has the ability to provide a cash contribution to the activity that is equal to, or more than, the amount of assistance the applicant is applying for; and - (ii) the applicant has adequate experience or other qualifications to give the applicant a reasonable prospect of success in carrying out the activity; and - (iii) the activity has sound prospects for commercial viability in the long term; and - (iv) the activity will provide a significant economic benefit to the stated rural area. - (i) the applicant has the ability to provide a cash contribution to the activity that is equal to, or more than, the amount of assistance the applicant is applying for; and - (ii) the applicant has adequate experience or other qualifications to give the applicant a reasonable prospect of success in carrying out the activity; and - (iii) the activity has sound prospects for commercial viability in the long term; and - (iv) the activity will provide a significant economic benefit to the stated rural area.