sch.44-sec.15Change in circumstances causing hardship

### sch.44-sec.15 Change in circumstances causing hardship This section applies if— an application for a grant of financial assistance has been approved for eligible works mentioned in section 5E (1) (a) ; and the amount of the assistance is subject to a contribution from the applicant; and the applicant believes that, due to exceptional circumstances after the approval has been given, the applicant is unable to contribute to the cost of the eligible works; and the applicant is seeking a hardship certificate from the public works department. The applicant may notify the authority of the exceptional circumstances. If the public works department issues a hardship certificate to the applicant, the authority may increase the amount of financial assistance paid to the applicant under section 12 by the amount outstanding for the eligible works. sch 44 s 15 ins 2023 SL No. 184 s 12 amd 2024 SL No. 46 s 12 (sch.44-sec.15-ssec.1) This section applies if— an application for a grant of financial assistance has been approved for eligible works mentioned in section 5E (1) (a) ; and the amount of the assistance is subject to a contribution from the applicant; and the applicant believes that, due to exceptional circumstances after the approval has been given, the applicant is unable to contribute to the cost of the eligible works; and the applicant is seeking a hardship certificate from the public works department. (sch.44-sec.15-ssec.2) The applicant may notify the authority of the exceptional circumstances. (sch.44-sec.15-ssec.3) If the public works department issues a hardship certificate to the applicant, the authority may increase the amount of financial assistance paid to the applicant under section 12 by the amount outstanding for the eligible works. - (a) an application for a grant of financial assistance has been approved for eligible works mentioned in section 5E (1) (a) ; and - (b) the amount of the assistance is subject to a contribution from the applicant; and - (c) the applicant believes that, due to exceptional circumstances after the approval has been given, the applicant is unable to contribute to the cost of the eligible works; and - (d) the applicant is seeking a hardship certificate from the public works department.