Local Government (General) Regulation 2021
134Eligible pensioners for the purposes of determining pensioner concessions—prescribed classes
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134 Eligible pensioners for the purposes of determining pensioner concessions—prescribed classes
134 Eligible pensioners for the purposes of determining pensioner concessions—prescribed classes
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of eligible pensioner in the Dictionary to the Act, the following classes of persons are prescribed—
(a) persons who receive a pension, benefit or allowance under Chapter 2 of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth, or a service pension under Part III of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth, and who are entitled to a pensioner concession card issued by or on behalf of the Commonwealth Government,
(b) persons who receive a pension from the Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs as—
(i) a war widow or war widower within the meaning of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth, or
(ii) the unmarried mother of a deceased unmarried member of the Australian Defence or Peacekeeping Forces, or
(iii) the widowed mother of a deceased unmarried member of the Australian Defence or Peacekeeping Forces,
and do not have income and assets that would prevent them from being granted a pensioner concession card (assuming they were eligible for such a card),
(b1) persons who have received a lump sum mentioned in section 234(1)(b) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 of the Commonwealth or are receiving a weekly amount mentioned in that paragraph, and do not have income and assets that would prevent them from being granted a pensioner concession card (assuming they were eligible for such a card),
(c) persons who receive a general rate of pension adjusted for extreme disablement under section 22(4) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth, or a special rate of pension under section 24 of that Act,
(d) persons who receive, or who at some point in their life have been eligible for, a Special Rate Disability Pension under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 of the Commonwealth.