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FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT ACT 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used
4. Term used: home
5. Terms used: owner, home owner
6. Term used: relevant interest
7. Term used: spouse
7A. Term used: Australian citizen
7B. Term used: permanent resident
PART 2 -- First home owner grant
Division 1 -- Entitlement to grant
8. Entitlement to grant
Division 2 -- Eligibility criteria (applicants)
9. Criterion 1 -- applicant to be a natural person
9A. Criterion 1A -- applicant to be at least 18 years of age
10. Criterion 2 -- applicant to be Australian citizen or permanent resident
11. Criterion 3 -- except in certain circumstances, applicant or applicant’s spouse or de facto partner must not have received another grant
12. Criterion 4 -- applicant or applicant’s spouse or de facto partner must not have had relevant interest in residential property
13. Criterion 5 -- residence requirements
13A. Criterion 6 -- applicant must not have been convicted of an offence under this Act
13B. Criterion 7 -- applicant must not hold relevant interest as trustee
Division 3 -- Eligible transactions
Subdivision 1 -- Eligible transactions
14. Eligible transaction
14AA. Commencement and completion of transaction
14AB. Term used: consideration
14AC. Term used: total value
14AD. Term used: cap amount
14AE. Term used: unencumbered value
Subdivision 2 -- Special eligible transactions
14A. Terms used
14B. Special eligible transactions
Division 4 -- Application for the grant
15. Application for grant
16. Interested persons
17. Application on behalf of person under legal disability
Division 5 -- Decision on application
18. Commissioner to authorise payment of grant
19. Amount of grant
20. Payment of grant
21. Payment in anticipation of compliance with residence requirement
22. Commissioner may impose conditions
23. Death of applicant
24. Power to correct decision
25. Notice of decision
Division 6 -- Objections and review
Subdivision 1 -- Definitions
26. Terms used
Subdivision 2 -- Objections
27. Right to object and procedure for making objections
28. Time for lodging objection
29A. Relationship with Duties Act 2008 and Taxation Administration Act 2003
29. Consideration of objection
30A. Time limit for making decision on objection
30. Decision on objection
Subdivision 3 -- Review
31. Right of review
32. Payment following determination of review
PART 3 -- Administration
Division 1 -- Administration generally
34. Administration of Act
35. Delegation
36. Authorised investigators
37. Administration agreements
Division 2 -- Investigations
38. Investigations
39. Cross-border investigations
40. Power of investigation
41A. Power to have valuation made
41. Power to require person to attend for examination
42. Entry of premises
43. Powers of authorised investigator on entry of premises
44. Warrants
45. Use of force
46. Self incrimination
PART 4 -- Miscellaneous
Division 1 -- Offences
47. False or misleading information and documents
48. Obstructing or misleading Commissioner or authorised investigator
Division 2 -- Evidentiary provisions
49. Evidence
50. Presumption of regularity
Division 3 -- Repayments and penalties
51. Commissioner may require repayment and impose penalty
52. Arrangements for instalments and extensions of time
52A. Commissioner may recover legal costs
53. Recovery of certain amounts
54A. Recovery from garnishee
54. Writing off liability
Division 4 -- Charge on interest in home
55. Lodgement of memorial and creation of charge
56. Priority of charge
57. Release of relevant interest from charge
58. Order for sale of relevant interest
59. Charge not to limit other means of enforcing payment
60. Commissioner may require fees to be reimbursed
Division 5 -- Service of documents
61. Service on joint applicants or agent or representative
62. Method of service by Commissioner
63. Service of court process
64. Other enactments not limited
Division 5A -- Emergency grant relief measures
64A. Grant relief measures
64B. Treasurer may declare grant relief measure due to emergency
64C. Amendment and revocation of grant relief declaration
64D. Provisions about grant relief declarations and instruments of amendment or revocation
64E. Procedural requirements for declared grant relief measure
64F. Effect of grant relief declaration
Division 6 -- General
65. Confidentiality
66. Time for commencing prosecutions
67. Protection from liability for wrongdoing
68. Appropriation of Consolidated Account
69. Regulations
70. Review of Act
PART 5 -- Transitional provisions
71. Transitional provision for Finance Legislation Amendment (Emergency Relief) Act 2022
Uncommenced provisions table
Other notes
Defined terms
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