1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation 2024.2Regulation amendedThis regulation amends the Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011.3Amendment of sch 43, s 4 (Meaning of eligible project)Schedule 43, section 4(1)(b)—omit, insert—

(b)at least 1 charging station with a charging plug that can charge at a rate of at least 22kW AC or DC;

4Amendment of sch 56, s 4 (Meaning of establishment activity)(1)Schedule 56, section 4(1), before paragraph (a)—insert—

(aa)buying, installing or upgrading computer hardware if—

(i) the purchase, installation, or upgrade is carried out for each approved premises of the business; and

(ii)the business did not, at any time before the purchase, installation, or upgrade, comply with the digital discount reporting requirements; and

(iii)the purchase, installation, or upgrade was necessary to allow an owner of the business to comply with the digital discount reporting requirements in relation to the business;

(2)Schedule 56, section 4(1)(c), ‘paragraph (a) or (b)’—omit, insert—paragraph (a), (b) or (c)(3)Schedule 56, section 4(1)(aa) to (c)—renumber as schedule 56, section 4(1)(a) to (d).(4)Schedule 56, section 4(2)—omit.(5)Schedule 56, section 4(3), definition qualified relative, ‘subsection (1)(a) and (b)’—omit, insert—subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c)(6)Schedule 56, section 4(3)—renumber as schedule 56, section 4(2).5Amendment of sch 56, s 5 (Meaning of essential good)(1)Schedule 56, section 5(2)(d)(iii) and (iv)—omit, insert—

(iii) vaping goods;

(2)Schedule 56, section 5(2)—insert—

(e) a lottery ticket under the Lotteries Act 1997.

6Amendment of sch 56, s 7 (Nature of assistance)Schedule 56, section 7(b) and (c)—omit, insert—

(b) payments, whether weekly, fortnightly or monthly (discount assistance), to wholly reimburse the applicant for amounts of revenue forgone by the business that the authority is satisfied are discount shortfalls for the business for the week, fortnight or month; and

(c)payments, whether weekly, fortnightly or monthly (compliance assistance), to wholly or partly reimburse the applicant for costs that the authority is satisfied are compliance costs of the business for the week, fortnight or month.

7Amendment of sch 56, s 8 (Amount of assistance—establishment assistance)Schedule 56, section 8(2)(a)(i), ‘$14,000’—omit, insert—$20,0008Amendment of sch 56, s 9 (Amount of assistance—discount assistance)Schedule 56, section 9, ‘month’—omit, insert—week, fortnight or month9Amendment of sch 56, s 10 (Amount of assistance—compliance assistance)(1)Schedule 56, section 10(1), ‘month’—omit, insert—week, fortnight or month(2)Schedule 56, section 10(2), definition participating premises, ‘month’—omit, insert—week, fortnight or month10Amendment of sch 56, s 11 (Eligibility criteria)(1)Schedule 56, section 11—insert—(3A)Subsection (5) applies if—

(a)the applicant has received, or has been approved to receive, establishment assistance in relation to an eligible business; and

(b)the total amount of the establishment assistance received by the applicant is less than the amount of establishment assistance that would otherwise be available to the applicant under the scheme for the eligible business.

(3B)The applicant may receive a further amount of establishment assistance equivalent to the difference between—

(a)the amount of establishment assistance that would otherwise be available to the applicant under the scheme for the eligible business; and

(b)the total amount of establishment assistance received, or approved to be received, by the applicant in relation to the eligible business.

(2)Schedule 56, section 11(3A) to (4)—renumber as schedule 56, section 11(4) to (6).