99Certificate as to rates, charges and other matters

99 Certificate as to rates, charges and other matters

99 Certificate as to rates, charges and other matters

(1) For the purposes of section 203 of the Act, the following are prescribed as matters in respect of land in a region as to which a person may apply to Local Land Services for a certificate—

(a) whether or not any orders have been issued by Local Land Services under the Act or by an authority under the repealed Acts in respect of the land,

(b) whether the annual returns in respect of the land required to be lodged under the Act or the repealed Acts in the current and previous year have been lodged,

(c) whether or not any rates or charges are owing in respect of the land,

(d) whether or not any orders issued in respect of the land under the Stock Diseases Act 1923 or the Stock (Chemical Residues) Act 1975 (Acts repealed by the Biosecurity Act 2015) are in force and, if any order is in force, details of the order.

(2) For the purposes of section 203 of the Act, the prescribed fee is as follows—

(a) for an application referred to in subclause (1) (a), (b) or (c), or two or more of those paragraphs—$60,

(b) for an application relating to any catchment contribution in respect of land, the amount equal to the approved fee charged for a certificate under section 603 of the Local Government Act 1993 by the local council for the local government area in which the land is located,

(c) in any other case—$60.

(3) In this clause, repealed Acts means the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 and the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003, as in force immediately before the repeal of those Acts by the Act.

cl 99: Am 2015 No 24, Sch 8.27 [3].