33Application of Act to government land

33 Application of Act to government land

33 Application of Act to government land

(1) This Act does not apply to the following—

(a) government land,

(b) the owners of government land,

(c) a tenant of, or business operating on, government land.

(2) Despite subsection (1), if, before a CID proposal is accepted by the Authority under section 11, an owner of government land gives the Authority written notice in a way approved by the Authority, that the owner wishes the Act to apply to all or a specified part of the owner’s land, this Act applies to the land or the specified part of the land.

(2A) The land or the specified part of the land referred to in subsection (2) is taken—

(a) for this Act—to be rateable land categorised as business under the Local Government Act 1993, and

(b) for section 22(9)(a)—to be not exempt from rates under the Local Government Act 1993, section 555.

(3) The owner of government land must give a copy of the notice to any lessee of the land to which the notice applies, other than a lessee that is a government sector agency.

(4) To avoid doubt, the notice—

(a) cannot be revoked by the owner of government land, and

(b) continues in effect until the expiry or termination of the CID proposal.

(5) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents an owner of government land voluntarily paying an amount into the CID Levies Fund for an approved CID proposal.

s 33: Am 2025 No 66, Sch 5.1[2].