The land originally offered as enlargement by the transferee for the purposes of establishing eligibility for the early retirement from farming pension was the subject of a transfer from the transferor after 30 July 1992 and was therefore ineligible. The transferee was advised accordingly and processing of the application was delayed until alternative lands were offered as enlargement.
The matter of enlargement has now been resolved and subject to establishing the pension status with the Department Social, Community and Family Affairs payment of the early retirement pension will be made. In this instance payment of the early retirement pension will be retrospective to 2 January 1998, the date of valid application.