103Definitions

103 Definitions

103 Definitions

In this division—

charging year means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July.

concession amount, in relation to the service charges payable for land, means the lesser of the following amounts—

(a) an amount equal to half of the service charge for the land,

(b) an amount equal to—

(i) if the only service charge for the land, other than a drainage service charge levied in conjunction with a water service charge, is a water service charge—half of the amount specified by the Minister by order published in the Gazette, or

(ii) otherwise—the amount specified by the Minister by order published in the Gazette.

eligible pensioner, in relation to a dwelling, means a person who occupies the dwelling as the person’s sole or principle residence and is a person who—

(a) is the holder of a pensioner concession card issued by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and receives—

(i) a pension, benefit or allowance under the Social Security Act 1991, Chapter 2, of the Commonwealth, or

(ii) a service pension under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Part III of the Commonwealth, or

(b) has income and assets that prevent the person from otherwise being eligible for a pensioner concession card and is a person who receives a pension from the Commonwealth Department of Veteran’s Affairs as—

(i) the surviving spouse of a deceased member of the Australian Defence or Peacekeeping Forces, or

(ii) the unmarried mother of a deceased unmarried member of either of the Australian Defence or Peacekeeping Forces, or

(iii) the widowed mother of a deceased unmarried member of either of the Australian Defence or Peacekeeping Forces, or

(c) receives a special rate of pension under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, section 24, of the Commonwealth.

service charge includes an instalment of a service charge.