(1)  A local council may collect a fire service contribution in such manner as the local council considers appropriate and, without limiting the local council's discretion under this subsection, it may collect the fire service contribution in conjunction with, and in the same manner as, general rates made by it under section 90 of the Local Government Act 1993 .

(2)  If a local council collects a fire service contribution in conjunction with general rates, it may include the demand for the contribution in the relevant rates notice, indicating in that notice what part or proportion of the total amount being collected under the notice is attributable to the fire service contribution.

(3)  For the purpose of subsection (2) , the fire service contribution may be referred to in the rates notice as a fire service contribution, fire service rate or Tasmania Fire Service contribution.

(4)  Sections 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 and 136 of the Local Government Act 1993 apply to a fire service contribution that is collectable by a local council under this section as if the references to rates in those sections were references to fire service contributions.