Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01304:clause:2_8b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01304
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 8B
Character Range: 6247–7771

8B  Qualification for farm help income support

 (1) Subject to this Division, a person is qualified for farm help income support in respect of a period if:
 (a) the period begins on or after the farm help scheme payment commencement day; and
 (b) throughout the period, the person:
 (i) is a farmer; and
 (ii) is at least 18; and
 (iii) is an Australian resident; and
 (iv) is in Australia; and
 (c) the person has been a farmer for a continuous period of at least 2 years immediately before the period; and
 (d) the person has obtained either of the following:
 (i) advice from a prescribed adviser that there is no reasonable likelihood, immediately before the period begins, that the person would obtain a loan from a finance institution given the person's financial situation;
 (ii) a certificate of inability to obtain finance that is in effect for the period; and
 (e) the person has obtained advice from a prescribed adviser on whether there is a reasonable likelihood of improving the financial performance of the farm enterprise; and
 (f) the person has developed a plan for the period directed towards assisting the person to do one or more of the following:
 (i) improve the financial performance of the farm enterprise;
 (ii) secure alternative sources of income;
 (iii) re‑establish himself or herself outside farming.

 (2) Advice of the kind mentioned in subparagraph (1)(d)(i) and paragraph (1)(e) is advice on financial outlook.

 (3) A plan of the kind mentioned in paragraph (1)(f) is an activity plan.