Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts6. Section 21A of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting the definitions of “entitled person” and “special Repatriation pensioner”;
(b) by inserting the following definitions:
“ ‘eligible person' means—
(a) a pensioner;
(b) a non-pensioner who is the spouse of a special rate pensioner and is not separated from the pensioner; or
(c) a non-pensioner who was the spouse of a special rate pensioner until the pensioner's death, was not separated from the pensioner immediately before the death and who has not subsequently become the spouse of another person;
‘rates' means land rates, sewerage rates or water rates;
‘rebate' means a rebate under this Part;
‘special rate pensioner' means a pensioner to whom a pension under Part II of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth is being paid and to whom section 24 of that Act applies;”; and
(c) by adding at the end the following subsections:
“(2) A reference in this Part to an eligible person's liability for rates in respect of a parcel of land shall—
(a) where the person is the sole owner of the land—be read as a reference to the amount of the rates payable by the person in respect of the land; and
(b) where the person is a joint owner of the land—be read as a reference to so much of the amount of rates payable by the joint owners in respect of the land as is proportional to the value of the person's interest in the land.
“(3) A reference in subsection (2) to an amount of rates payable shall be read as a reference to the amount that would be payable but for the operation of this Part.
“(4) Where payment of part of an amount of land rates has been deferred under section 21G, a reference in subsection (2) to an amount of rates payable shall, in relation to those rates, be read as a reference to the amount so payable after the deferral.”.