23Assessment of notional carrying capacity

23 Assessment of notional carrying capacity

23 Assessment of notional carrying capacity

(1) Local Land Services’ assessment of the notional carrying capacity of a holding—

(a) may be undertaken at any time, and

(b) must be undertaken at least once every 5 years.

(2) Local Land Services must assess the notional carrying capacity of a holding by reference to the number of stock units that could be kept on the holding in an average season under management practices that, in the opinion of Local Land Services, are usual for the district.

(3) In assessing the notional carrying capacity of a holding, Local Land Services must—

(a) make the assessment as if the land is used only to raise stock, and

(b) not take into account weeds or pests on the land, and

(c) if the land is irrigated and used for permanent plantings—not take into account the use of irrigation, and

(d) base the assessment on the condition of the holding as at the assessment date.

(4) In assessing the notional carrying capacity of a holding that is rateable land used for intensive livestock production, Local Land Services must consider the following—

(a) the nature of the holding,

(b) the land improvements carried out, and equipment or structures used, for the purposes of intensive livestock production,

(c) other structures on the land,

(d) the way the holding has been worked.

(5) For this section—

(a) a 40kg wether equates to 1 stock unit, and

(b) a 400kg steer equates to 10 stock units.

(6) In this section—

permanent plantings means the planting of trees or vines which produce crops without annual replanting.

pest has the same meaning as in the Act, section 200A(5).