FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT ACT 1992
Table of Provisions
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Interpretation
- 4 Certificate of inability to obtain finance
- 5 Grant period
- 6 Objects of this Act
- 7 Qualification for farm household support
- 8 Persons not qualified if they have received farm household support for 2 years etc.
- 9 Farm household support not payable in certain situations
- 10 Assets test-allowance not payable if assets value limit exceeded
- 11 Full-time students
- 12 Multiple entitlement exclusion
- 13 Commonwealth funded employment program exclusion
- 14
- 15 Form of claim
- 16 Lodgment of claim
- 17 Claimant must be Australian resident and in Australia
- 18 Secretary to determine claim
- 19 Grant of claim
- 20 Date of effect of determination
- 21 Maximum fortnightly rate of farm household support-to be determined by Secretary
- 22 Maximum fortnightly rate-how worked out
- 23 Declaration by applicant or recipient
- 24 Applicable rate
- 25 Commencement of farm household support
- 26 Support to be by way of loan
- 27 Rate at which farm household support payable
- 28 Instalments
- 29 Amount of instalments
- 30 Rounding off instalment
- 31 Instalment to be paid to person or nominee
- 32 Method of payment
- 33 Where instalment payable on public holiday etc.
- 34 Former RAS (Part C) beneficiary not required to make a claim under Part 3 but may do so
- 35 Application
- 36 Qualification for farm household support
- 37 Certain provisions of Act not applicable
- 38 Commencement of farm household support
- 39 Amount of instalment of farm household support
- 40 Farm household support taken not to have ceased to be payable
- 41 Secretary may require notice of the happening of an event or a change in circumstances
- 42 Secretary may require recipient to give particular information relevant to payment of farm household support
- 43 Automatic termination-social security benefit etc. payable
- 44 Automatic termination-recipient complying with section 41 notification obligations
- 45 Automatic termination-recipient not complying with section 41 notification obligations
- 46 Automatic termination-failure to provide section 42 statement
- 47 Termination-determination by Secretary that recipient no longer in need of farm household support
- 48 Termination-at request of recipient or if recipient ceases to be qualified
- 49 Termination-death of recipient
- 50 Repayment of farm household support
- 51 Agreement
- 52 Person entitled to grant on sale of farm within grant period
- 53 Delegation of powers
- 54 General power to obtain information
- 55 Farm household support to be inalienable
- 56 Recovery of overpayments
- 57 Appropriation
- 58 Regulations
- 59 When Act ceases to have effect
- 60 Amendments of the Social Security Act 1991