First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2021


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First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 .

24 May 2021

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Minister for Finance

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2021 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 16 June 2021.

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations –
Act means the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 ;
[Regulation 3 Amended by No. 26 of 2022, s. 12, Applied:01 Dec 2022]
[Regulation 3 Amended by No. 26 of 2022, s. 12, Applied:01 Dec 2022] Homes Tasmania means Homes Tasmania established by section 9(1) of the Homes Tasmania Act 2022 .

4.   Exclusion from application of section 15 of Act

If the Commissioner recognises a non-conforming interest as a relevant interest in land under section 5(4) of the Act, the holder of a relevant interest in the land (other than the holder of the non-conforming interest) is excluded from the application of section 15 of the Act.

5.   Exclusion of Homes Tasmania from application of section 15 of Act

[Regulation 5 Substituted by No. 26 of 2022, s. 13, Applied:01 Dec 2022] Homes Tasmania is excluded from the application of section 15 of the Act.

6.   Protection of confidential information

For section 40(4)(d) of the Act, protected information may be disclosed to a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department if the information is not likely to identify a particular applicant for a first home owner grant.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 2 June 2021

These regulations are administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.