According to subsection 5PAA(2) of the VEA, a person is an eligible former partner of a [glossary:qualifying sugarcane farmer:449] if:

  • the person was, but no longer is (whether because of death or any other reason), the [glossary:partner:370] 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 sugarcane farmer, and
  • after ceasing to be the partner of the other person, the person has not again become a [glossary:member of a couple:84], and

the person has an [glossary:eligible interest :151] in a [glossary:sugarcane farm:618] or sugarcane farms in which the other person had an eligible interest.