Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Regulations 2024 (Tas)

Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Regulations 2024

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 Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Act 1991 .

8 October 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

N. STREET

Minister for Finance

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Regulations 2024 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 26 November 2024.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Act 1991 .

4. Meaning of eligible pensioner (1) In this regulation – health care card means a health care card – (a) within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; and (b) issued to a person eligible under that Act; pensioner concession card means a pensioner concession card issued under the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth or as a fringe benefit under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth; totally and permanently incapacitated person means a person to whom section 24 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth, or section 199 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 of the Commonwealth, applies; war widow means – (a) a war widow receiving a pension under Part II or IV of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth at a rate determined in accordance with section 30(1) of that Act; or (b) a person who was a wholly dependent partner of a person who is a deceased member, within the meaning of section 5 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 of the Commonwealth, to whom section 12 of that Act applies; war widower means – (a) a war widower receiving a pension under Part II or IV of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth at a rate determined in accordance with section 30(1) of that Act; or (b) a person who was a wholly dependent partner of a person who is a deceased member, within the meaning of section 5 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 of the Commonwealth, to whom section 12 of that Act applies. (2) For the purposes of the Act – eligible pensioner means – (a) a person who holds a current pensioner concession card; or (b) a person who holds a current pensioner concession card that is for the time being inoperative because the person is temporarily out of Australia; or (c) a person who holds a current health care card; or (d) a totally and permanently incapacitated person; or (e) a war widow; or (f) a war widower.