Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 76 made under the Rural and Regional Adjustment Act 1994 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of sch 15 (Queensland Government Solar Hot Water Rebate Scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2012 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2012 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the RuralandRegionalAdjustmentRegulation 2011. 3 Amendment of sch 15 (Queensland Government Solar Hot Water Rebate Scheme) (1) Schedule 15, section 3— insert— ‘ eligibility period , for an application for assistance under the scheme, other than for a water heater to which section 5 applies, means— (a) if the solar water heater to which the application relates was installed under section 4(2)(b) on or before the final purchase day—6 months after the purchase of the water heater; or (b) otherwise—14 weeks after the final purchase day. final purchase day see section 4A(1)(a).’. (2) Schedule 15, section 4(1)(b) and (a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) the matters mentioned in subsection (2) and section 4A; or (b) for a flood or cyclone damaged water heater to which section 5 applies—the matters mentioned in section 5(2).’. (3) Schedule 15, section 4(2)(j)— omit, insert— ‘(j) the application was made within the eligibility period for the application; and’. Page 2 2012 SL No. 76

Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2012 [s 3] (4) Schedule 15— insert— ‘4A Additional eligibility criteria—final purchase day and installation ‘(1) In addition to the criteria mentioned in section 4(2), the authority must be satisfied— (a) the applicant bought the solar water heater on or before the day this section commences (the final purchase day ); and (b) the solar water heater was installed no later than 5 weeks after the final purchase day. ‘(2) This section does not apply to an application for assistance for a water heater to which section 5 applies.’. (5) Schedule 15, section 8— insert— ‘(4) An application for assistance under the scheme, other than by an applicant mentioned in subsection (3), must be received by the authority within the eligibility period.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 21 June 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 22 June 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. © State of Queensland 2012 2012 SL No. 76 Page 3