41Steps for classification

41 Steps for classification

41 Steps for classification

(1) When classifying land, a council must first consider whether the land is government land.

(2) The council is to classify the land as government land if the land meets the requirements for classification as government land.

(3) If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as government land, the council must:

(a) consider whether the land is public benefit land, and

(b) if the land meets the requirements for classification as public benefit land, classify the land as public benefit land.

(4) If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as either government land or public benefit land, the council must:

(a) consider whether the land should be classified as farmland or residential land, and

(b) if the land meets the requirements for classification as farmland or residential land, classify the land as farmland or residential land, respectively.

(5) If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as government land, public benefit land, farmland or residential land, the council must:

(a) consider whether the land should be classified as industrial land, and

(b) if the land meets the requirements for classification as industrial land, classify the land as industrial land.

(6) If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as government land, public benefit land, farmland, residential land or industrial land, the council is to classify the land as commercial land.

Note—

Commercial land is the default classification for leviable land. If land cannot be classified into one of the other categories, it is to be classified as commercial land.