Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

An applicant is eligible to receive financial assistance under the scheme in relation to an eligible residence if—

the applicant has received a notice of conditional approval for the assistance; and

the applicant makes a final approval application for the assistance on or before the day that is—

150 days after the applicant receives the notice of conditional approval; or

a later day, not later than 240 days after receiving the notice, if the authority is satisfied it is not reasonably practicable for the installation to have been carried out, and the application made, until the later day; and

on the day the applicant makes the final approval application, the applicant—

is still a resident of Australia; and

is still the owner of the residence; and

if the residence is a multiple-occupancy residence—does not occupy any of the rooms in the residence as their only or main residence; and

the authority is satisfied that—

the eligible solar PV system stated in the conditional approval application has been installed at the residence by an entity the authority considers appropriate; and

the applicant has paid for, or entered into an agreement to pay for, the system and its installation in full; and

the residence is the subject of 1 or more new eligible leases with a remaining term of at least 8 months from the day the applicant makes the final approval application; and

either—

for a single-occupancy residence—the rent for the residence stated in the final approval application is not more than the rent for the residence that was stated in the conditional approval application; or

for a multiple-occupancy residence—the rent for each relevant room stated in the final approval application is not more than the rent for the room that was stated in the conditional approval application.

For subsection (1)(e), a rent increase provided for under an eligible lease stated in the conditional approval application may be disregarded.

In this section—

was subject to an eligible lease stated in the conditional approval application for the residence; and

is subject to an eligible lease stated in the final approval application, whether or not it is the lease mentioned in paragraph (a).