sch.47-sec.12Eligibility criteria

### sch.47-sec.12 Eligibility criteria An applicant is eligible to receive assistance under the scheme if the authority is satisfied the applicant— is a rural landholder; and in the financial year immediately before the eligible disaster— earned a minimum gross amount of $20,000 per annum from the primary production enterprise carried out on the relevant land; and earned a maximum gross amount of $250,000 from other activities, regardless of whether the other activities were carried out on the relevant land or somewhere else; and has not received assistance for the primary production enterprise as a result of the eligible disaster under— the Disaster Assistance (Primary Producers) Loans Scheme, set out in schedule 2 , as a primary producer under that scheme; or the Special Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants Scheme, set out in schedule 23 , as a primary producer under that scheme; and has received and paid a tax invoice in relation to carrying out an eligible recovery activity; and is primarily responsible for meeting the costs of an eligible recovery activity claimed in the application. However, an applicant is not eligible to receive assistance under the scheme if the applicant— is a non-government institution; and is the subject of a disqualifying disclosure. For subsection (1) , an applicant is the subject of a disqualifying disclosure if the national redress scheme operator makes both of the following disclosures about the applicant on the scheme website— a disclosure authorised under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 95A (1) ; a disclosure authorised under section 95A (2) (c) , (e) or (g) of that Act. In this section— national redress scheme means the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse established under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 8 . national redress scheme operator means the National Redress Scheme Operator within the meaning of the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 6 . non-government institution see the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 114 (2) and (3) . scheme website means the website maintained for the national redress scheme by the national redress scheme operator. The scheme website is www.nationalredress.gov.au. sch 47 s 12 ins 2022 SL No. 138 s 8 amd 2025 SL No. 169 s 18 (sch.47-sec.12-ssec.1) An applicant is eligible to receive assistance under the scheme if the authority is satisfied the applicant— is a rural landholder; and in the financial year immediately before the eligible disaster— earned a minimum gross amount of $20,000 per annum from the primary production enterprise carried out on the relevant land; and earned a maximum gross amount of $250,000 from other activities, regardless of whether the other activities were carried out on the relevant land or somewhere else; and has not received assistance for the primary production enterprise as a result of the eligible disaster under— the Disaster Assistance (Primary Producers) Loans Scheme, set out in schedule 2 , as a primary producer under that scheme; or the Special Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants Scheme, set out in schedule 23 , as a primary producer under that scheme; and has received and paid a tax invoice in relation to carrying out an eligible recovery activity; and is primarily responsible for meeting the costs of an eligible recovery activity claimed in the application. (sch.47-sec.12-ssec.2) However, an applicant is not eligible to receive assistance under the scheme if the applicant— is a non-government institution; and is the subject of a disqualifying disclosure. (sch.47-sec.12-ssec.3) For subsection (1) , an applicant is the subject of a disqualifying disclosure if the national redress scheme operator makes both of the following disclosures about the applicant on the scheme website— a disclosure authorised under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 95A (1) ; a disclosure authorised under section 95A (2) (c) , (e) or (g) of that Act. (sch.47-sec.12-ssec.4) In this section— national redress scheme means the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse established under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 8 . national redress scheme operator means the National Redress Scheme Operator within the meaning of the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 6 . non-government institution see the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 114 (2) and (3) . scheme website means the website maintained for the national redress scheme by the national redress scheme operator. The scheme website is www.nationalredress.gov.au. - (a) is a rural landholder; and - (b) in the financial year immediately before the eligible disaster— (i) earned a minimum gross amount of $20,000 per annum from the primary production enterprise carried out on the relevant land; and (ii) earned a maximum gross amount of $250,000 from other activities, regardless of whether the other activities were carried out on the relevant land or somewhere else; and - (i) earned a minimum gross amount of $20,000 per annum from the primary production enterprise carried out on the relevant land; and - (ii) earned a maximum gross amount of $250,000 from other activities, regardless of whether the other activities were carried out on the relevant land or somewhere else; and - (c) has not received assistance for the primary production enterprise as a result of the eligible disaster under— (i) the Disaster Assistance (Primary Producers) Loans Scheme, set out in schedule 2 , as a primary producer under that scheme; or (ii) the Special Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants Scheme, set out in schedule 23 , as a primary producer under that scheme; and - (i) the Disaster Assistance (Primary Producers) Loans Scheme, set out in schedule 2 , as a primary producer under that scheme; or - (ii) the Special Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants Scheme, set out in schedule 23 , as a primary producer under that scheme; and - (d) has received and paid a tax invoice in relation to carrying out an eligible recovery activity; and - (e) is primarily responsible for meeting the costs of an eligible recovery activity claimed in the application. - (i) earned a minimum gross amount of $20,000 per annum from the primary production enterprise carried out on the relevant land; and - (ii) earned a maximum gross amount of $250,000 from other activities, regardless of whether the other activities were carried out on the relevant land or somewhere else; and - (i) the Disaster Assistance (Primary Producers) Loans Scheme, set out in schedule 2 , as a primary producer under that scheme; or - (ii) the Special Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants Scheme, set out in schedule 23 , as a primary producer under that scheme; and - (a) is a non-government institution; and - (b) is the subject of a disqualifying disclosure. - (a) a disclosure authorised under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) , section 95A (1) ; - (b) a disclosure authorised under section 95A (2) (c) , (e) or (g) of that Act.