Part 7Financial management

Part 7—Financial management

S. 136 substituted by No. 109/2003 s. 71, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 362(c).

S. 137 substituted by No. 109/2003 s. 71, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(f).

S. 138 substituted by No. 109/2003 s. 71, amended by No. 67/2008 s. 53, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(f).

S. 139 substituted by No. 109/2003 s. 71, amended by Nos 67/2008 s. 54, 63/2012 s. 20, 53/2015 s. 10, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 360(d).

Ss 140–150 substituted by No. 109/2003 s. 71, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 362(c).

Part 8—Rates and charges on rateable land

Division 1—Declaration of rates and charges

154 What land is rateable?

(1) Except as provided in this section, all land is rateable.

(2) The following land is not rateable land—

(a) land which is unoccupied and is the property of the Crown or is vested in a Minister, a Council, a public statutory body or trustees appointed under an Act to hold that land in trust for public or municipal purposes;

(b) any part of land, if that part—

(i) is vested in or owned by the Crown, a Minister, a Council, a public statutory body or trustees appointed under an Act to hold that land in trust for public or municipal purposes; and

(ii) is used exclusively for public or municipal purposes;

(c) any part of land, if that part is used exclusively for charitable purposes;

(d) land which is vested in or held in trust for any religious body and used exclusively—

(i) as a residence of a practising Minister of religion; or

(ii) for the education and training of persons to be Ministers of religion; or

(iii) for both the purposes in subparagraphs (i) and (ii);

(e) land which is used exclusively for mining purposes;

(f) land held in trust and used exclusively—

S. 154(2)(f)(i) substituted by No. 67/2008 s. 55.

(i) as a club for or a memorial to persons who performed service or duty within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Veterans Act 2005; or

(ii) as a sub-branch of the Returned Services League of Australia; or

(iii) by the Air Force Association (Victoria Division); or

(iv) by the Australian Legion of Ex‑Servicemen and Women (Victorian Branch).

(3) For the purposes of subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) any part of the land is not used exclusively for public or municipal purposes if—

(a) it is used for banking or insurance; or

(b) a house or flat on the land—