sch.54-sec.8Eligibility criteria

### sch.54-sec.8 Eligibility criteria An applicant is eligible to receive assistance under the scheme if the authority is satisfied— the applicant is a primary producer carrying on a primary production enterprise in a defined disaster area; and the applicant obtained eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise on or after 18 May 2022; and the suitably qualified professional adviser who provided the eligible professional advice is not an employee of, or engaged as a contractor by, an entity owned wholly or partly by the applicant; and the applicant has paid for the eligible professional advice; and a flood management plan has been prepared for the primary production enterprise; and an industry recovery and resilience officer has confirmed in writing that the officer considers the eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise and the flood management plan will improve the resilience to flooding and high rainfall of the primary production enterprise. However, the applicant is not eligible for assistance under the scheme if the applicant has received other assistance from the State or the Commonwealth to offset all or part of the cost to the applicant of obtaining the eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise. In this section— Burnett Mary Regional Group means Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Ltd ACN 144 005 229. industry recovery and resilience officer means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged by the Queensland Farmers’ Federation or the Burnett Mary Regional Group as an industry recovery and resilience officer. Queensland Farmers’ Federation means Queensland Farmers’ Federation Ltd ACN 055 764 488. sch 54 s 8 ins 2023 SL No. 160 s 3 (sch.54-sec.8-ssec.1) An applicant is eligible to receive assistance under the scheme if the authority is satisfied— the applicant is a primary producer carrying on a primary production enterprise in a defined disaster area; and the applicant obtained eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise on or after 18 May 2022; and the suitably qualified professional adviser who provided the eligible professional advice is not an employee of, or engaged as a contractor by, an entity owned wholly or partly by the applicant; and the applicant has paid for the eligible professional advice; and a flood management plan has been prepared for the primary production enterprise; and an industry recovery and resilience officer has confirmed in writing that the officer considers the eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise and the flood management plan will improve the resilience to flooding and high rainfall of the primary production enterprise. (sch.54-sec.8-ssec.2) However, the applicant is not eligible for assistance under the scheme if the applicant has received other assistance from the State or the Commonwealth to offset all or part of the cost to the applicant of obtaining the eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise. (sch.54-sec.8-ssec.3) In this section— Burnett Mary Regional Group means Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Ltd ACN 144 005 229. industry recovery and resilience officer means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged by the Queensland Farmers’ Federation or the Burnett Mary Regional Group as an industry recovery and resilience officer. Queensland Farmers’ Federation means Queensland Farmers’ Federation Ltd ACN 055 764 488. - (a) the applicant is a primary producer carrying on a primary production enterprise in a defined disaster area; and - (b) the applicant obtained eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise on or after 18 May 2022; and - (c) the suitably qualified professional adviser who provided the eligible professional advice is not an employee of, or engaged as a contractor by, an entity owned wholly or partly by the applicant; and - (d) the applicant has paid for the eligible professional advice; and - (e) a flood management plan has been prepared for the primary production enterprise; and - (f) an industry recovery and resilience officer has confirmed in writing that the officer considers the eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise and the flood management plan will improve the resilience to flooding and high rainfall of the primary production enterprise.