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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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