Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

An applicant is eligible to receive assistance under the scheme if the authority is satisfied—

the applicant is a primary producer carrying on a primary production enterprise in a defined disaster area; and

the applicant obtained eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise on or after 18 May 2022; and

the suitably qualified professional adviser who provided the eligible professional advice is not an employee of, or engaged as a contractor by, an entity owned wholly or partly by the applicant; and

the applicant has paid for the eligible professional advice; and

a flood management plan has been prepared for the primary production enterprise; and

an industry recovery and resilience officer has confirmed in writing that the officer considers the eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise and the flood management plan will improve the resilience to flooding and high rainfall of the primary production enterprise.

However, the applicant is not eligible for assistance under the scheme if the applicant has received other assistance from the State or the Commonwealth to offset all or part of the cost to the applicant of obtaining the eligible professional advice for the primary production enterprise.

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