According to subsection 5P(2) of the VEA, a person is an eligible former partner of a qualifying farmer if:

  • The person was, but no longer is (whether because of death or any other reason), the partner of another person; and
  • On the day on which the person ceased to be the partner of the other person, the other person was a qualifying farmer; and
  • After ceasing to be the partner of the other person, the person has not again become a member of a couple; and
  • The person has a qualifying interest in a farm or farms in which the other person had a qualifying interest.