Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

For an applicant to be eligible to receive assistance under a round of the scheme, the applicant must—

be an eligible entity; and

be applying for assistance for an eligible project; and

if there is a previously approved eligible project for the eligible entity—have completed the previously approved eligible project; and

not have previously received assistance under the round of the scheme for a project; and

not have received other government funding for the eligible project; and

demonstrate to the authority’s satisfaction that—

the applicant has the ability to pay the remaining cost of the eligible project; and

under the eligible project, the applicant will own, or have a licence to use, the product or service the subject of the project in a way that will allow the applicant to share details about the operation and outcomes of the project with the authority, the department and other entities; and

the eligible project represents reasonable value for money.

In this section—

a project for which the eligible entity received a grant of financial assistance under the program called ‘Agribusiness digital solutions grant program’ administered by the department; or

an eligible project for which the eligible entity received a grant of financial assistance under a previous round of the scheme.

the total cost of the eligible project (inclusive of GST and of any costs mentioned in section 6(2)); and

the amount worked out under section 6(3)(a) for the eligible project.