Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT ACT 1992 - SECT 52A

             (1)  The Minister may, by written instrument:

                     (a)  formulate a scheme:

                              (i)  to encourage farmers who are unable to meet their living expenses to leave farming; and

                             (ii)  to achieve this end by providing payments to those farmers, to be made after 1 December 1997, by way of grant of financial assistance on the sale of farm enterprises; and

                     (b)  provide for the implementation and regulation of the scheme.

On and after the farm help scheme payment commencement day, the scheme is to be known as the farm help re-establishment grant scheme and a grant is to be known as a re-establishment grant .

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the scheme may deal with:

                     (a)  the circumstances in which people are qualified to apply for re-establishment grants; and

                     (b)  the procedure for applying for a grant; and

                     (c)  the circumstances in which a grant is payable; and

                     (d)  the amount of grant payable; and

                     (e)  the method for paying a grant.

             (3)  The scheme may provide for the Secretary to direct a person who has applied for a re-establishment grant to obtain advice as specified in the direction. The direction must be consistent with the guidelines contained in the farm help advice and training scheme (see paragraph 52B(3)(a)).

             (4)  If the Secretary gives a direction referred to in subsection (3), the Secretary must arrange for the provision of assistance to the person under the farm help advice and training scheme (see paragraph 52B(3)(b)) for the purpose of complying with the direction.

             (5)  The consequences for the payability of a re-establishment grant to a person who does not comply with a direction referred to in subsection (3) are as determined in accordance with the provisions of the farm help advice and training scheme referred to in paragraph 52B(3)(c).

          (5A)  The scheme may provide for the disclosure of dairy-type grant information:

                     (a)  to the Dairy Adjustment Authority in connection with the administration of:

                              (i)  the DSAP scheme (within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the Dairy Produce Act 1986 ); or

                             (ii)  the SDA scheme (within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the Dairy Produce Act 1986 ); or

                            (iii)  a provision of the Dairy Produce Act 1986 in so far as that provision relates to that scheme; or

                     (b)  to the industry services body in connection with the administration of the Dairy Structural Adjustment Fund.

          (5B)  In subsection (5A):

"dairy-type grant information" means information disclosed or obtained for the purposes of the administration of dairy-type grants.

             (6)  An instrument under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .