New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT ACT 2000 - SECT 7

7 Entitlement to grant

(1) A first home owner grant is payable on an application under this Act if:

(a) the applicant or, if there are 2 or more of them, each of the applicants complies with the eligibility criteria, and

(b) the transaction for which the grant is sought:

(i) is an eligible transaction, and

(ii) has been completed.

(1A) If the first home owner grant cap applies to the eligible transaction for which the grant is sought, a first home owner grant is payable in respect of the eligible transaction only if the total value of the transaction does not exceed the amount of the first home owner grant cap.

(2) An applicant need not comply with the eligibility criteria to the extent the applicant is exempted from compliance with the eligibility criteria by this Act.

(3) A first home owner grant is payable before completion of the relevant eligible transaction if payment is authorised under section 20.

(4) Only one first home owner grant is payable for the same eligible transaction.