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Income Tax Rates Act 1986
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#### 18 Part‑year residency period
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the following periods are part‑year residency periods in relation to a person in relation to a year of income:
(a) where the person was a resident at the beginning of the first month of the year of income and continued to be a resident until a time during a subsequent month in the year of income when the person ceased to be a resident—the period from the beginning of the year of income until the end of that subsequent month;
(b) where the person commenced to be a resident during a month of the year of income and continued to be a resident until the end of the year of income—the period from the beginning of that month until the end of the year of income;
(c) where the person commenced to be a resident during a month of the year of income and continued to be a resident until a time during a subsequent month of the year of income when the person ceased to be a resident—the period from the beginning of that first‑mentioned month until the end of that subsequent month.
(2) A period shall not be taken to be a part‑year residency period in relation to a person in relation to a year of income if:
(a) the person is an eligible pensioner in relation to the year of income; or
(b) the period is the whole of the year of income.