New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIRE BRIGADES ACT 1989 - SECT 51

51 Apportionment between local government areas

(1) If a fire district comprises more than one local government area, the amount of the contribution to be paid by each area is to be apportioned according to the current 5-year average of the aggregated land values of all ratable land in the local government area or in the part of it to which this Act applies.

(2) In this section, "current 5-year average", in relation to the aggregated land values of land, means the arithmetic mean of the aggregate land values of the land (estimated in accordance with section 67 of the Valuation of Land Act 1916 ) as at 1 July in each of the 5 periods of 12 months prior to the date on which the average is being calculated.