First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2000 (WA)

Western Australia First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2000 Western Australia First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2000 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Term used: interested person 1 4. Interest of disabled person in home prescribed to be relevant interest (s. 6(1)(h)) 1 5. Interest of occupier of home on primary production land prescribed to be relevant interest (s. 6(1)(h)) 1 7. Certain owners of land excluded from the operation of s. 16(1) 1 8. Prescribed rates of interest (s. 30, 32 and 52) 1 9. Conditions to be included in administration agreements (s. 37(2)) 1 10. Witness fees and expenses (s. 41(7)) 1 10A. Prescribed service times (s. 62(3)) 1 11. Authorised receipt and permitted disclosure of confidential information (s. 65(3)) 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2000

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2000.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation on 1 July 2000.

3. Term used: interested person In these regulations — interested person has the same meaning as it has in section 16 of the Act.

4. Interest of disabled person in home prescribed to be relevant interest (s. 6(1)(h)) (1) If — (a) a person — (i) enters into a comprehensive home building contract to have a home built; or (ii) as an owner builder, begins the building of a home, on land in the State that is not owned by the person; and (b) the Commissioner is satisfied that — (i) the person is eligible for financial assistance under a scheme that provides financial assistance to persons with disabilities that is administered by the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of the Housing Act 1980; and (ii) the person has been given written permission by the owner of the land to occupy the home when it is completed, then, for the purposes of section 6(1)(h) of the Act, the interest that the person has in the home is a relevant interest in the land on which the home is built. (2) A person who is not eligible for financial assistance under a scheme referred to in subregulation (1)(b)(i) is taken to be eligible for that assistance for the purposes of this regulation if the Commissioner is satisfied that it is only because of the person's financial circumstances that the person is not eligible for that assistance.