LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 514 Categorisation of land for purposes of ordinary rates

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 514

514 Categorisation of land for purposes of ordinary rates

Before making an ordinary rate, the council must have declared each parcel of rateable land in its area to be within one or other of the following categories--

• farmland

• residential

• mining

• business.

Note : Land falls within the "business" category if it cannot be categorised as farmland, residential or mining. The main land uses that will fall within the "business" category are commercial and industrial.