(a) a parcel of land occupied or used solely as the
site of one single dwelling, or
(b) a parcel of land (not exceeding 2.428
hectares in area) occupied or used solely as the site of one single dwelling
and for primary production, or
(c) a parcel of land occupied or used solely
as the site of one building comprising two or more flats, or
(d) a parcel of
land occupied or used solely as the site of a boarding house or lodging house,
or
(e) a strata lot occupied or used, or if not occupied or used so
constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied or used,
as a separate dwelling, or
(f) a strata lot designed and intended for use in
conjunction with a strata lot referred to in paragraph (e) for the purpose of
accommodating one, or more than one, motor vehicle, or
(g) a stratum
separately valued under this Act that is occupied or used, or if not occupied
or used so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied
or used, as a separate dwelling, but does not include a parcel of land
occupied or used solely as the site of a hotel, motel, guest-house, backpacker
hostel, nursing home or other form of residential accommodation prescribed
under section 516 (1) (a) of the Local Government Act 1993 .
(2) A parcel of
land occupied or used as the site of one or more buildings comprising one, or
more than one, office is not
"mixed development land" by reason only that it comprises (in addition) one,
or more than one, flat, if the flat is, or the flats are, intended for use for
the purpose of accommodating a person or persons responsible for the security
or maintenance of the building or buildings.
(3) For the purposes of the
definition of
"mixed development land" in subsection (1), a parcel of land does not cease to
be occupied or used solely as the site of one or more buildings comprising
one, or more than one, flat and one, or more than one, office.
(4) For the
purposes of the definition of
"residential land" in subsection (1), a parcel of land does not cease to be
occupied or used solely as the site of one single dwelling, one or more
buildings comprising two or more flats, a boarding house or a lodging house by
reason of there being on the parcel of land any building or improvement that
is occupied or used for a purpose ancillary to the single dwelling, building
or buildings, boarding house or lodging house, as the case may be.
(5) For
the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of
"residential land" in subsection (1), land is used for primary production if
it is used primarily for--
(a) the cultivation of the land for the purpose of
selling the produce of the cultivation, or
(b) the maintenance of animals or
poultry on the land for the purpose of selling them or their natural increase
or bodily produce, or
(c) the keeping of bees on the land for the purpose of
selling their honey.
(6) The reference in this section to a parcel of land is
a reference to a parcel of land required to be separately valued, or to land
included in one valuation, pursuant to this Act.
(7) In this section--
"flat" means a room or a suite of rooms--
(a) occupied or used as a separate
dwelling, or
(b) so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of
being occupied or used as a separate dwelling,
(a) separately occupied or used
for a commercial, industrial or professional purpose, or
(b) so constructed,
designed or adapted as to be capable of being separately occupied or used for
a commercial, industrial or professional purpose,
but does not include a
dwelling, or a portion of a building, under company title that is rated in
accordance with section 547 of the Local Government Act 1993 .
"single dwelling" means a house--
(a) occupied or used as a separate dwelling,
or
(b) so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied
or used as a separate dwelling,
but does not include a lot in a strata plan or
a property commonly known as a shop and dwelling.
