79Contributions payable by local councils

### 79 Contributions payable by local councils > *\[Section 79 Substituted by No. 12 of 1981, s. 19 \]**\[Section 79 Amended by No. 61 of 1983, s. 3 \]**\[Section 79 Amended by No. 34 of 1984, s. 10 \]**\[Section 79 Amended by No. 3 of 1990, s. 71 \]**\[Section 79 Amended by No. 6 of 1993, s. 8 \]**\[Section 79 Substituted by No. 29 of 1995, s. 69 \]* > > > (1)  The local councils in the State, for the financial year commencing on 1 July 1995 and for each subsequent financial year, must contribute an amount determined in accordance with this Division towards the operating costs of brigades, being operating costs that are included in the Commission's estimates for the relevant financial year and approved by the Minister. > > > (2)  The Commission, for a financial year to which [subsection (1)](#GS79@Gs1@EN) applies, must provide for the recovery from councils of such an amount as will be sufficient to cover the operating costs of brigades for that year, as approved by the Minister, less the prescribed amount. > > > (3)  For the purposes of [subsection (2)](#GS79@Gs2@EN) ***the prescribed amount*** means the aggregate of the following amounts: > > > > > > (a) the contribution towards the operating costs of brigades required to be made for the relevant financial year by insurance companies under [Division 2B](#HPVI@HD2B@EN) ; > > > > > > > (b) the contribution towards the operating costs of brigades required to be made for the relevant financial year by the Treasurer under [Division 2C](#HPVI@HD2C@EN) ; > > > > > > > (c) any contribution towards the operating costs of brigades made or expected to be made in respect of the relevant financial year by the Commonwealth; > > > > > > > (d) any money received or expected to be received by the Commission in respect of the relevant financial year from its marketing activities.