81CCollection by local councils of contribution

81C Collection by local councils of contribution

[Section 81C Inserted by No. 8 of 1980, s. 8 ][Section 81C Amended by No. 61 of 1983, s. 6 ][Section 81C Amended by No. 34 of 1984, s. 11 ][Section 81C Amended by No. 10 of 1985, sched. 1 ][Section 81C Amended by No. 3 of 1990, s. 16 ]**[Section 81C Substituted by No. 29 of 1995, s. 74 ]

(1)  [Section 81C Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:22 May 1998] A local council must collect the amount of the contribution that it is notified under section 81B it is required to make for a financial year in respect of permanent brigade rating district land, composite brigade rating district land, volunteer brigade rating district land and general land in its municipal area from the persons who, under Part 9 of the Local Government Act 1993 , are liable for the payment of rates in respect of that land for that financial year.

(2)  An amount collected from a person by a council under subsection (1) in respect of any parcel of land is called a fire service contribution.

(3)  [Section 81C Subsection (3) substituted by No. 72 of 1999, s. 12, Applied:01 Jul 2000] If the assessed annual value of a rateable parcel of land in a local council's municipal area is greater than the land's minimum assessed value, the fire service contribution that the council must collect for that land is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

where –

a is the amount of the fire service contribution to be collected in respect of the rateable parcel of land; and

b is the assessed annual value of the rateable parcel of land; and

c is the minimum assessed annual value of land for the rating district in which the rateable parcel of land is located; and

d is the total fire service contribution that the local council is required to collect for the rateable parcels of land in that rating district; and