555What land is exempt from all rates?

555 What land is exempt from all rates?

555 What land is exempt from all rates?

(1) The following land is exempt from all rates—

(a) land owned by the Crown, not being land held under a lease for private purposes,

(b) land within a national park, historic site, nature reserve, state game reserve or karst conservation reserve (within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974), whether or not the land is affected by a lease, licence, occupancy or use,

(b1) subject to subsection (3), land that is the subject of a conservation agreement (within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974),

(b2) land that is vested in, owned by, held on trust by or leased by the Nature Conservation Trust of New South Wales constituted by the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001,

(c) land that is within a special area or controlled area (within the meaning of the Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1994) for Sydney Water Corporation referred to in that Act and is Crown land or land vested in the Corporation,

(c1) land that is within a special area (within the meaning of the Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991) for the Hunter Water Corporation and is Crown land or land vested in that company,

(c2) land that is vested in or owned by Water NSW and in, on or over which water supply works (within the meaning of the Water Management Act 2000) are installed,

(d) land that is within a special area (as declared by an order under section 302 of the Water Management Act 2000) for a water supply authority and is Crown land or land vested in the authority,

(e) land that belongs to a religious body and is occupied and used in connection with—

(i) a church or other building used or occupied for public worship, or

(ii) a building used or occupied solely as the residence of a minister of religion in connection with any such church or building, or