First Home Owner Grant Act 2000

application means an application for a first home owner grant;

Australian citizen has the meaning given by section 7A;

authorised investigator means a person appointed to be an authorised investigator under section 36;

building includes part of a building;

cap amount has the meaning given by section 14AD;

commencement date, in relation to a transaction, has the meaning given by section 14AA;

Commissioner means the Commissioner of State Revenue;

Commissioner’s website means a website maintained by or on behalf of the Commissioner;

completed, in relation to a transaction, has the meaning given by section 14AA;

comprehensive home building contract means a contract under which a builder undertakes to build a home on land from the inception of the building work to the point where the home is ready for occupation and if, for any reason, the work to be carried out under such a contract is not completed, includes any further contract under which the work is to be completed;

consideration, in relation to a transaction, has the meaning given by section 14AB;

corresponding Commissioner, in relation to a corresponding law, means the person responsible for administering the corresponding law;

corresponding law means an Act of another State, or a Territory, corresponding to this Act;

de facto partner, in relation to an applicant for a first home owner grant, means a person who, on the commencement date of the transaction to which the application relates, is living in a de facto relationship with the applicant and has lived on that basis with the applicant for at least 2 years;

eligibility criteria means the criteria set out in Part 2 Division 2 for determining whether an applicant for a first home owner grant is eligible for the grant;

eligible transaction has the meaning given by section 14;

established home means a home that is not a new home or a substantially renovated home;

first home owner grant means a grant authorised under section 18;

first home owner grant scheme means the scheme for payment of first home owner grants established under this Act;

grant relief declaration has the meaning given in section 64B(2);

grant relief measure has the meaning given in section 64A(1);

guardian, in relation to a person under a legal disability, means —

home has the meaning given by section 4;

identity card means an identity card issued to an authorised investigator under section 36;

new home means a home that has not been previously occupied or sold as a place of residence;

option to purchase includes a right of pre‑emption or a right of first refusal;

owner, in relation to —

owner builder means an owner of land who builds a home, or has a home built, on the land without entering into a comprehensive home building contract;

permanent resident has the meaning given by section 7B;

premises means —

and includes a part of premises;

property means —

Registrar means the Registrar of Titles or the Registrar of Deeds and Transfers;

relevant interest means an interest in land mentioned in a paragraph of subsection (1) of section 6 (as read with subsection (2) of that section);

relevant material means an instrument, record or thing relevant to determining —

repayment arrangement means an arrangement approved under section 52;

required residence period has the meaning given by section 13(2);

residence requirements means —

residential property has the meaning given by subsection (2);

spouse has the meaning affected by section 7;

substantially renovated home means a renovated home that is the subject of a contract for purchase where —

take‑up period has the meaning given by section 13(5);

taxation law means a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory for the assessment or imposition of a tax;

the home, in relation to an applicant or an application, means the home acquired or to be acquired under the eligible transaction to which the application relates;

total value, in relation to a transaction, has the meaning given by section 14AC(1);

transaction means —

unencumbered value has the meaning given by section 14AE(1).

[Section 3 amended: No. 61 of 2000 s. 7(1) and 8(1); No. 28 of 2003 s. 61; No. 52 of 2004 s. 4; No. 55 of 2004 s. 373; No. 27 of 2009 s. 8 and 15; No. 17 of 2010 s. 18; No. 10 of 2013 s. 41; No. 27 of 2015 s. 4; No. 1 of 2022 s. 10.]