South Australian Consolidated Acts

RATES AND LAND TAX REMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 4

4—Remission of rates

        (1)         The Governor may, by regulation—

            (a)         prescribe the criteria on which ratepayers are entitled to remission of rates under this Act; and

            (b)         fix the amount of, or prescribe the method of determining the amount of, the remission to which a ratepayer is entitled in relation to rates of a kind specified in the regulations.

        (2)         A regulation may—

            (a)         leave a matter to be determined according to the discretion of the Minister for the purposes of the regulations; and

            (b)         be brought into operation on a date specified in the regulations that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette.

        (3)         A ratepayer who, in the opinion of the Minister, complies with the prescribed criteria is entitled to a remission of the amount fixed or determined in accordance with the method prescribed, by the regulations in relation to rates of the kind payable by the ratepayer.