Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

An applicant that is a non-profit organisation is eligible for assistance under the scheme for an eligible disaster if the authority is satisfied—

an assistance establishment notice states that non-profit organisations are eligible to apply for the assistance; and

either—

the non-profit organisation is located in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster and its means for conducting its operations have suffered direct damage as a result of the eligible disaster; or

both of the following apply—

the non-profit organisation is located outside the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster but is operated at least sometimes on a regular basis in the area;

plant or equipment of the non-profit organisation situated in the defined disaster area has been damaged as a result of the eligible disaster; and

the applicant was engaged in conducting its operations when the eligible disaster happened; and

the applicant is primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application; and

the applicant can not repair or replace assets directly damaged as a result of the eligible disaster from the applicant’s own resources without assistance under the scheme; and

the applicant intends to re-establish its operations in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster.

However, a non-profit organisation is not eligible for assistance under the scheme for an eligible disaster if—

the disaster recovery funding arrangements activated for the eligible disaster include a community recovery fund; and

the non-profit organisation has claimed or received a grant under the community recovery fund for the eligible disaster.

Subsection (1)(d) does not apply to an applicant if—

the applicant’s application for assistance is for a 2019–2020 extraordinary bushfire disaster; and

the assistance establishment notice for the disaster states that this subsection applies to the applicant.