9. The amount determined under section 7 for a year in respect of a person, regarding the dwelling in which he lives, is increased by $100 where the person or that person’s spouse during the year, where such is the case, but not both, is at least 60 years of age on 31 December in the year and receives a supplement or a spouse’s allowance during the year in accordance with the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9) and that person or his spouse during the year, where such is the case, has paid or is billed for real estate taxes, for the year, in respect of the dwelling.
If on 31 December in the year each spouse is at least 60 years of age, if both spouses receive a supplement or a spouse’s allowance during the year in accordance with the Old Age Security Act, and if one of them has paid or is billed for real estate taxes, for the year, related to the dwelling, the amount so determined under section 7 for the year is increased by $200.
The amount so increased becomes the amount of the real estate tax refund to which the person contemplated in section 7 is entitled.
1979, c. 12, s. 9; 1980, c. 30, s. 4; 1986, c. 15, s. 219; 1987, c. 21, s. 99; 1988, c. 4, s. 168; 1992, c. 1, s. 223.