96Taxes and charges

96 Taxes and charges (1) No stamp duty or other tax is chargeable under any Act in respect of anything done under Division 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of Part 3 or in respect of any act or transaction connected with or necessary to be done by reason of any of those Divisions. S. 96(2) amended by No. 50/1998 s. 27(1). (2) An amount payable by the State under an indemnity under clause 11.5 of the Agreement or clause 11.5 of the Extension Agreement is payable from the Consolidated Fund which is hereby to the necessary extent appropriated accordingly. S. 96(3) amended by Nos 81/2000 s. 28, 78/2001 s. 9(1). (3) No land tax is payable by the Link corporation or a licensee, licence holder or lessee in respect of land— (a) which is or is to be the Link road; or S. 96(3)(b) amended by No. 50/1998 s. 27(2). (b) which is land leased under section 60; or (c) which is any other kind of land— and in respect of which under the Agreement land tax is not to be assessed or payable. S. 96(3A) inserted by No. 50/1998 s. 27(3). (3A) No land tax is payable by the Extension corporation or a lessee in respect of land— (a) which is leased land under section 93G; or (b) which is any other kind of land— and in respect of which under the Extension Agreement land tax is not to be assessed or payable. S. 96(4) amended by Nos 102/1998 s. 6(3), 78/2001 s. 9(2), 13/2002 s. 14. (4) Licensed land and leased land (except the Link control site, the Customer service site and the Burnley office site) and licensed areas are not rateable land within the meaning of section 154 of the **Local Government Act 1989**. S. 96(5) amended by No. 78/2001 s. 9(3). (5) Section 221 of the **Local Government Act 1989** does not apply in respect of licensed land, licensed areas or leased land. S. 96(5A) inserted by No. 86/1998 s. 21(3), amended by No. 59/2003 s. 121(3). (5A) Section 35E of the **Docklands Act 1991** does not apply in respect of licensed land or leased land. S. 96(6) amended by Nos 39/1997 s. 15, 85/2006 s. 173(Sch. 1 item 5.1). (6) The Link control site is not rateable land within the meaning of section 154 of the **Local Government Act 1989** for the purpose of the **Water Industry Act 1994** and the **Water Act 1989**. S. 97 repealed by No. 81/2000 s. 29.