51Amount of contribution

51 Amount of contribution

51 Amount of contribution

(1) The amount of the fire brigade contribution is the amount determined by the Minister for each local council.

(2) The Minister is to determine the contribution payable by a local council on the basis of the fire brigades funding target for each fire district.

(3) The contribution payable by local councils for each fire district is 11.7% of the fire brigades funding target applicable to the fire district.

(4) The contribution to be paid for a fire district is to be paid by the local council or councils of a local government area the whole or part of which is included in the fire district.

(5) However, if a fire district comprises a reserved area (within the meaning of section 5) and no other area—

(a) a local council of an area within the fire district is not required to pay a fire brigade contribution for the fire district, and

(b) the fire brigade contribution for the fire district is to be paid from the National Parks and Wildlife Fund established under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

(6) If a fire district comprises more than one local government area, the amount of the fire brigade contribution payable by the local council of each local government area in the fire district is to be apportioned according to the current 5-year average of the total land values of all rateable land in the local government area or in the part of it in the fire district.

(7) A local council or an officer of a local council must, if asked by the Minister, give the Minister any document or information required by the Minister to determine the council’s fire brigade contribution.

(8) In this section—

current 5-year average, in relation to the total land values of land, means the arithmetic mean of the total land values of the land (estimated in accordance with section 67 of the Valuation of Land Act 1916) as at 1 July in each of the 5 financial years before the date on which the average is being calculated.

s 51: Am 1997 No 27, Sch 1 [12] [13]. Subst 2009 No 84, Sch 1.1 [1]; 2017 No 9, Sch 4.2 [5].