Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

This section applies to an exceptional circumstances grant for a 2019–2020 extraordinary bushfire disaster.

The exceptional circumstances grant may cover a cost that has been incurred for any of the following things because of direct damage caused by the eligible disaster—

engaging a tradesperson to conduct a safety inspection of damage to a property, premises or equipment;

purchasing, hiring or leasing equipment or materials to clean a property, premises or equipment;

employing a person to clean a property, premises or equipment if—

the cost would not ordinarily have been incurred in the absence of the eligible disaster; or

the cost exceeds the cost of employing a person to clean the property, premises or equipment that would ordinarily have been incurred in the absence of the eligible disaster;

removing or disposing of damaged goods, including any associated costs;

for a primary production enterprise, any of the following—

purchasing, hiring or leasing equipment that is essential for immediately resuming operation of the primary production enterprise;

repairing a building or repairing or replacing fittings in a a building, if the repair or replacement is essential for resuming operation of the primary production enterprise;

repairing, reconditioning or replacing essential plant or equipment, including, for example, water tanks, water reticulation systems, forestry equipment and aquaculture and fishing equipment;

removing silt from a dam;

repairing or replacing fencing or horticultural netting on a property, other than to the extent the cost may be recovered under other assistance from the Commonwealth or State;

purchasing fodder, grain or other feed for livestock;

agisting livestock, including any associated transport costs, other than to the extent the costs may be recovered under other assistance from the Commonwealth or State;

assessing, treating or maintaining the health of livestock or aquaculture species;

salvaging, but not replacing, crops, grain, feed, fertiliser or timber;

replacing essential water that has been used for fire fighting;

carting water.

For subsection (2), a reference to a building does not include a reference to a building used as a dwelling, unless—

the dwelling is used for carrying on the primary production enterprise or a small business or non-profit organisation; or

for a small business or non-profit organisation—the dwelling is an asset of the small business or non-profit organisation.