Hardship application for deferral of rent or instalments
60 Hardship application for deferral of rent or instalments
This section applies if a tenure holder is suffering hardship because of—
a natural disaster; or
adverse economic conditions related to the purpose of the tenure.
The tenure holder may apply to the Minister for a deferral of all or part of the rent or instalments payable for the tenure.
The application must—
be in writing; and
for an application relating to hardship because of a natural disaster—be accompanied by evidence that the tenure holder has received, or is entitled to receive, financial assistance for the natural disaster under a State or Commonwealth scheme.
The Minister may ask the tenure holder to give the Minister any further information the Minister needs to help to decide the application.Examples of types of information the Minister may ask for—
financial statements, tax returns
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