Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

For an applicant to be eligible to receive assistance under the scheme the applicant must—

be applying for assistance for an eligible activity; and

be able to state the relevant rural area in which the activity will be undertaken; and

not have previously received assistance under the scheme for a substantially similar activity; and

not have received other government funding for the activity; and

demonstrate the following to the authority’s satisfaction—

the applicant has the ability to provide a cash contribution to the activity that is equal to, or more than, the amount of assistance the applicant is applying for;

the applicant has adequate experience or other qualifications to give the applicant a reasonable prospect of success in carrying out the activity;

the activity has sound prospects for commercial viability in the long term;

the activity will provide a significant economic benefit to the relevant rural area the subject of the application.

However, if an application for assistance under the scheme is made jointly by 2 or more applicants, only 1 applicant must demonstrate the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(e)(i) and (ii).

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