Fire Service (Finance) Amendment Regulations 1999

Fire Service (Finance) Amendment Regulations 1999

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the State Fire Commission, make the following regulations under the Fire Service Act 1979 .

31 May 1999

G. S. M. Green

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

Judy Jackson

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Fire Service (Finance) Amendment Regulations 1999 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 1996 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulations 6 and 7 substituted

Regulations 6 and 7 of the Principal Regulations are rescinded and the following regulations are substituted:

6.   Prescribed amounts under section 79A(2)

For the purposes of section 79A(2) of the Act, the minimum assessed annual value of land for the financial year commencing on 1 July 1999 is –

(a) $1 793 in relation to each permanent brigade rating district; and

(b) $2 103 in relation to each composite brigade rating district; and

(c) $5 530 in relation to each volunteer brigade rating district; and

(d) $6 398 in relation to general land.

7.   Prescribed amount under section 79B(2)

For the purposes of section 79B(2) of the Act, $25 is the minimum fire service contribution that a local council is to collect for the financial year commencing on 1 July 1999 in respect of a rateable parcel of permanent brigade rating district land, composite brigade rating district land, volunteer brigade rating district land or general land in its municipal area.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 31 May 1999

These regulations are administered by the Tasmania Fire Service.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations prescribe amounts for the purposes of sections 79A(2) and 79B(2) of the Fire Service Act 1979 for the financial year commencing on 1 July 1999.