ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 43 Exemption of Aboriginal lands from the payment of rates

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 43

43 Exemption of Aboriginal lands from the payment of rates

(1) The regulations may declare that specified land (being land vested in an Aboriginal Land Council) is exempt from--

(a) the payment of rates and charges, or from the payment of specified rates and charges, under the Local Government Act 1993 , or

(b) the payment of rates, levies and charges, or from the payment of specified rates, levies and charges, under the Hunter Water Act 1991 , or

(c) the payment of service charges, or the payment of specified service charges, under the following Acts--

(i) the Sydney Water Act 1994 ,

(ii) the Water Management Act 2000 .

(2) A regulation made under subsection (1) may provide that the exemption referred to in that subsection is to operate for a limited period of time.