Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

For an applicant to be eligible to receive assistance under this part for a category A entity, the applicant—

must be—

if the entity is a category A business—an owner of the business; or

the category A non-profit organisation; and

must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the authority that—

the entity’s turnover in Queensland for a nominated 7-day period is at least 70% less than the entity’s turnover in Queensland for the comparison period; and

the entity has, during the nominated 7-day period, been significantly affected by COVID-19 travel restrictions; and

must not have received assistance under part 3.

Subsection (3) applies to an applicant who—

is a sole trader; and

has received a COVID-19 disaster payment (Cwlth) in relation to COVID-19 travel restrictions for a particular period.

The applicant’s nominated 7-day period may not include, or partly include, the particular period.

In this section—

a period—

in 1 of the relevant financial years chosen by the applicant; and

that comprises the same days as the applicant’s nominated 7-day period; or

if the authority considers the period mentioned in paragraph (a) is not indicative of the category A entity’s typical weekly turnover unaffected by COVID-19 travel restrictions—another period of 7 consecutive days the authority considers is comparable to the nominated 7-day period.

is nominated by the applicant; and

starts no earlier than 1 July 2021 and ends no later than 30 September 2021.