Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

Payment of assistance under the scheme is subject to the conditions stated in subsections (2) to (6).

The applicant must give the authority—

each of the following documents that is relevant to the assistance applied for—

the property disease investigation plan;

the property disease eradication plan;

the supply chain plan; and

any other document the authority reasonably requires to decide whether or not the applicant is a related entity of a person to whom section 7(e)(i) or (ii) applies.

If the application relates to the slaughter of, alternative supply actions affecting, or the short-term quarantine of, cattle that were brought into Queensland from another State on or after 20 November 2010, the applicant must give the authority the certificate of health for the cattle.

If the application is for direct market assistance, the applicant must give the authority evidence of the accepted value of each slaughtered animal in the form of—

for an animal bought by the applicant—tax invoices, official receipts for payment or bank statements; or

otherwise—the latest valuation report for the animal.

If the application is for supply chain pathway assistance, the applicant must give the authority evidence of the costs incurred in carrying out the alternative supply actions in the form of tax invoices, official receipts for payment or bank statements.

If the application is for short-term assistance, the applicant must give the authority evidence of the costs incurred in carrying out the short-term quarantine of the cattle in the form of tax invoices, official receipts for payment or bank statements.

The applicant must consent to the authority obtaining from the department information about either of the following relevant to the applicant’s eligibility for assistance—

a document mentioned in subsection (2), (3), (4), (5) or (5A);

slaughtering cattle.