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THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
By-Law No. 77-22
Being a by-law to allow a uniform credit in respect
to real property taxes to certain elderly residents
in the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle.
WHEREAS The Municipal Elderly Resident's Assistance Act, 1973, provides that
the Council of a municipality may pass by-laws authorizing and directing the
Treasurer of the municipality to allow certain owners of residential real property
in the municipality a uniform credit in an amount to be determined by the Council
of the municipality against the real property taxes imposed by the municipality in
respect of such real property;
THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED and it is hereby enacted as a By-law of the Corporation
of the Town of Newcastle by the Council thereof as follows:-
1. That the Treasurer of the Corporation be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to allow a credit on the real property taxes imposed by the Corporation
for municipal and school purposes, on payment by any person of the remaining
portion of the taxes imposed in respect of any residential real property owned
and solely occupied by such person or owned by such person and solely occupied
by his or her spouse or by both, as his, her or their personal residence only,
where such person, or the spouse of such person, or both, has attained the age
of sixty-five years and is receiving a monthly guaranteed income supplement
under Part 11 of the Old Age Security Act (Canada), provided however, that no
such credit;
(a) shall exceed the sum of $100.00 in any year;
(b) shall be allowed to any person or to the spouse of such person, in
respect of more than one single family dwelling unit in any year;
(c) shall be allowed to any person who has not made written application therefor
to the Corporation on the forms provided verified by Statutory Declaration,
to the Treasurer of the Corporation on or before the last day of March
in the year in which the taxes in respect of which such application is made,
become due and payable, except that for the year 1977 the application shall
be before the last day of April;
(d) shall be allowed to any person who has not attained the age of sixty-five
years on or before December 31st in the year immediately preceeding the
year in which he or she made applicatinn therefor.
(e) .shall be allowed to any person, or the spouse of such person, or both, has
been continuously assessed as the owner and occupant of residential real
property within the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle for at least five
years immediately preceeding the date of the application.
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2. The application referred to in Section l(c) shall be verified by the Statutory
Declaration of the applicant and shall set forth:
(a) Age, date of birth, name and address of the personal residence
of the applicant, being the property in respect of which the credit
must be claimed.
(b) Marital status of the applicant.
(c) Age, date of birth, name and address of the spouse of the applicant.
Cd) Particulars as to amount of monthly income of the applicant under the
Old Age Security Act (Canada) including the monthly Guaranteed Income
Supplement under Part 11 of the said Act.
(e) Particulars as to amount of monthly income of the spouse of the
applicant under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) including the
monthly Guaranteed Income Supplement under Part 11 of the said
Act.
(f) Particulars of all residential real properties within the Corporation
of the Town of Newcastle owned and occupied by the applicant for a
period of five years immediately preceeding the date of application.
(g) Particulars of all residential real properties within the Corporation
of the Town of Newcastle owned and occupied by the spouse of the
applicant for a period of five years immediately preceeding the date
of app li cat ion.
BY-LAWS READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 4TH DAY OF
APRIL, A.D., 1977.
G.B. Rickard~4-~~~/
Mayor I
J .M. McIlroy
CLERK
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