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These regulations may be cited as the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 2017 .
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Tasmania regulation
These regulations set numeric and administrative parameters under the Fire Service Act: they fix contribution percentages for different insurance classes (reg 4), name a specific international body as a prescribed body (reg 5), allow local councils to retain a 4% collection fee (reg 6) and specify a 20% fire service contribution rebate (reg 7). The rules affect insurers, contributors and local councils and are administered by the Tasmania Fire Service.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 2017.
These regulations may be cited as the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 2017 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations –
Act means the Fire Service Act 1979 .
For the purposes of section 77C(2) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is –
(a) in the case of aviation hull insurance, 14%; and
(b) in the case of marine cargo insurance, 2%; and
(c) in the case of any other class of insurance, 28%.
For the purposes of sections 77C(3) and 77E(3)(b) of the Act, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, established under Article VII of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, is a prescribed body.
For the purposes of section 91(2) of the Act, 4% of a local council contribution is prescribed as the fee which the local council responsible for making that contribution is entitled to retain for collecting the contribution.
For the purposes of section 95 of the Act, the prescribed fire service contribution rebate is 20% of the contribution.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 19 April 2017
These regulations are administered by the Tasmania Fire Service.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
These regulations may be cited as the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 2017 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations –
Act means the Fire Service Act 1979 .
For the purposes of section 77C(2) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is –
(a) in the case of aviation hull insurance, 14%; and
(b) in the case of marine cargo insurance, 2%; and
(c) in the case of any other class of insurance, 28%.
For the purposes of sections 77C(3) and 77E(3)(b) of the Act, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, established under Article VII of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, is a prescribed body.
For the purposes of section 91(2) of the Act, 4% of a local council contribution is prescribed as the fee which the local council responsible for making that contribution is entitled to retain for collecting the contribution.
For the purposes of section 95 of the Act, the prescribed fire service contribution rebate is 20% of the contribution.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the .
Notified in the Gazette on 19 April 2017
These regulations are administered by the Tasmania Fire Service.