Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Amendment Regulations 2003 (TAS)

Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Amendment Regulations 2003

I, the Lieutenant-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 .16 June 2003

W. J. E. COX

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

DAVID CREAN

Treasurer

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Amendment Regulations 2003 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 1 July 2003. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Regulations 1991 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 4 insertedAfter regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted: 4Meaning of "eligible pensioner" (1)  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 totally and permanently incapacitated person; or (d) a war widow; or (e) a war widower. (2)  In subregulation (1)  – 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 applies; war widow means 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; war widower means 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. 5Regulation 6 amended (Maximum remission) Regulation 6(3) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "section" and substituting "regulation".

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 25 June 2003

These regulations are administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the