New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1916 - SECT 14BB

14BB Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Division:
"mixed development land" means a parcel of land occupied or used solely as the site of one or more buildings comprising:

(a) one, or more than one, flat, and

(b) one, or more than one, office.

"non-residential land" means:

(a) a parcel of land that is not residential land or mixed development land, or

(b) a strata lot that is not residential land, or

(c) a parcel of land occupied or used (whether wholly or partly) as the site of an inn, or

(d) a stratum separately valued under this Act that is not a stratum referred to in paragraph (g) of the definition of residential land.

"residential land" means:

(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,

but does not include a strata lot or 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 .
"inn" has the same meaning as it has in the Innkeepers Act 1968 .
"office" means a room or a suite of rooms:

(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.
"strata lot" means a lot as defined in section 5 (1) of the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 or section 4 (1) of the Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986 .