Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax prior to 30 June 1962 1
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1962, and prior to 30 June 1967 2
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1967 2
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1976 2
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1987 3
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1993 3
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 2002 3
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June following commencement of Planning and Development Act 2005 4
Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 2007 4
Notes
Compilation table 6
Other notes 7
Western Australia
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959
An Act to impose a Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax.
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959 1.
[**1A.**1M Modification, to insert section 1A, to have effect under the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Act 1999 s. 7, see Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Regulations 2007 r. 22 and endnote 1M.]
[**1A.**1MC Modification, to insert section 1A, to have effect under the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) Act 1998 (Commonwealth) s. 8, see Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) (Modification of Applied Laws (WA)) Notice 2007 cl. 23 and endnote 1MC.]
2. Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax prior to 30 June 1962
For the year of assessment ending 30 June 1960, and for each year of assessment thereafter up to the year of assessment ending on 30 June 1962, the rate of Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax imposed by this Act and payable under the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 2, is one halfpenny for every pound of the unimproved value as assessed by or under that Act and the Land Tax Assessment Act 1907 3, of all land chargeable with the tax.
3. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1962, and prior to 30 June 1967
For the year of assessment ending 30 June 1963, and for each year of assessment thereafter up to the year of assessment ending 30 June 1967, the rate of the tax referred to in section 2 and imposed and payable as provided in that section shall be three‑eighths of one penny for every pound of the unimproved value as assessed by or under the 2 and the 3, of all land chargeable with the tax, and which rate of tax shall on and after 14 February 1966, be read and construed as five thirty‑seconds of one cent for every dollar of the unimproved value as so assessed.
Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959
Land Tax Assessment Act 1907
[Section 3 inserted: No. 37 of 1961 s. 2; amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 4(1); No. 31 of 1966 s. 2.]
4. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1967
For the year of assessment ending 30 June 1968, and for each year of assessment thereafter up to the year of assessment ending 30 June 1976, the rate of the tax referred to in section 2 and imposed and payable as provided in that section shall be one‑quarter of one cent for every dollar of the unimproved value, as assessed by or under the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 2 and the Land Tax Assessment Act 1907 3, of all land chargeable with the tax.
[Section 4 inserted: No. 31 of 1966 s. 3; amended: No. 9 of 1976 s. 3.]
5. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1976
For the year of assessment commencing on 1 July 1976, and for each year of assessment thereafter up to the year of assessment ending on 30 June 1987, the rate of tax referred to in section 2 and imposed and payable as provided in that section shall be one‑quarter of one cent for every dollar of the unimproved value, as assessed by or under the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 2 and the Land Tax Assessment Act 1976 4, of all land chargeable with the tax.
[Section 5 inserted: No. 9 of 1976 s. 4; amended: No. 70 of 1986 s. 4.]
6. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1987
For the year of assessment commencing on 1 July 1987 and for each year of assessment thereafter up to and including the year of assessment ending on 30 June 1993, the rate of tax referred to in section 2 and imposed and payable as provided in that section shall be 0.225 cent for every dollar of the unimproved value, within the meaning of the Land Tax Assessment Act 1976 4, of all land chargeable with the tax.
[Section 6 inserted: No. 70 of 1986 s. 5; amended: No. 16 of 1993 s. 8; No. 17 of 1993 s. 13.]
7. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 1993
For the year of assessment commencing on 1 July 1993, and for each year of assessment thereafter up to and including the year of assessment ending on 30 June 2001, the rate of tax referred to in section 2 and imposed and payable as provided in that section shall be 0.15 cent for every dollar of the unimproved value, within the meaning of the Land Tax Assessment Act 1976 4, of all land chargeable with the tax.
[Section 7 inserted: No. 16 of 1993 s. 9; amended: No. 46 of 2002 s. 6.]
8. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 2002
For the year of assessment commencing on 1 July 2002, and for each subsequent year of assessment up to and including the year of assessment ending on 30 June immediately following the day on which the Planning and Development Act 2005 comes into operation, the rate of tax referred to in section 2 and imposed and payable as provided in that section is 0.15 cent for every dollar of the unimproved value of the land according to the valuation in force under the Valuation of Land Act 1978 at midnight on 30 June in the previous financial year.
[Section 8 inserted: No. 46 of 2002 s. 7; amended: No. 39 of 2005 s. 4(1).]
9. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June following commencement of Planning and Development Act 2005
For the year of assessment commencing on 1 July immediately following the day on which the Planning and Development Act 2005 comes into operation 5, and for each subsequent year of assessment up to and including the year of assessment ending on 30 June 2007, the rate of Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax imposed by this Act and payable under the Planning and Development Act 2005, is 0.15 cent for every dollar of the unimproved value of the land according to the valuation in force under the Valuation of Land Act 1978 at midnight on 30 June in the previous financial year.
[Section 9 inserted: No. 39 of 2005 s. 4(2); amended: No. 12 of 2007 s. 8.]
10. Rate of tax imposed after 30 June 2007
The rates of Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax imposed by this Act and payable under the Planning and Development Act 2005 are set out in the Table to this section for the relevant year of assessment according to the value of the land referred to in the Table.
Table 1: Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax rates for 2007/08
Unimproved value of the land
Rate of Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax
Exceeding ($)
Not exceeding ($)
0
250 000
Nil
250 000
0.18 cent for each $1 in excess of $250 000
Table 2: Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax rates for 2008/09
Unimproved value of the land
Rate of Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax
Exceeding ($)
Not exceeding ($)
0
300 000
Nil
300 000
0.14 cent for each $1 in excess of $300 000
Table 3: Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax rates for 2009/10 and subsequent years of assessment
Taxable value of the land
Rate of Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax
Exceeding ($)
Not exceeding ($)
0
300 000
Nil
300 000
0.14 cent for each $1 in excess of $300 000
[Section 10 inserted: No. 12 of 2007 s. 9; amended: No. 30 of 2008 s. 20; No. 3 of 2009 s. 6; No. 19 of 2009 s. 17.]
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Notes
This is a compilation of the Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.
Compilation table
Short title
Number and year
Assent
Commencement
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959
69 of 1959 (8 Eliz. II No. 69)
10 Dec 1959
10 Dec 1959
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act Amendment Act 1961
37 of 1961 (10 Eliz. II No. 37)
6 Nov 1961
6 Nov 1961
Decimal Currency Act 1965
113 of 1965
21 Dec 1965
Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1)); s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act Amendment Act 1966
31 of 1966
27 Oct 1966
27 Oct 1966
Reprint of the Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959 approved 9 Feb 1973 (includes amendments listed above)
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act Amendment Act 1976
9 of 1976
27 May 1976
1 Jul 1976 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959 approved 29 Apr 1980 (includes amendments listed above)
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Amendment Act 1986
70 of 1986
4 Dec 1986
4 Dec 1986 (see s. 2)
Taxation Legislation Amendment Act 1993 Pt. 3
16 of 1993
29 Nov 1993
1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Annual Valuations and Land Tax) Act 1993 s. 13 6
17 of 1993
29 Nov 1993
29 Nov 1993 (see s. 2)
Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) (Taxing) Act 2002 Pt. 2 7
46 of 2002
20 Mar 2003
1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2383)
Reprint 3: The Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959 as at 9 May 2003 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) (Taxing) Act 2002)
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Amendment Act 2005
39 of 2005
12 Dec 2005
9 Apr 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Mar 2006 p. 1077)
Revenue Laws Amendment (Taxation) Act 2007 Pt. 4
12 of 2007
29 Jun 2007
30 Jun 2007 (see s. 2(b))
Revenue Laws Amendment Act 2008 Pt. 5
30 of 2008
27 Jun 2008
1 Jul 2008 (see s. 2(1)(c)(i))
Revenue Laws Amendment Act 2009 Pt. 3
3 of 2009
14 May 2009
1 Jul 2008 (see s. 2(b))
Revenue Laws Amendment (Taxation) Act 2009 Pt. 4
19 of 2009
16 Sep 2009
1 Jul 2009 (see s. 2(b)(ii))
Reprint 4: The Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act 1959 as at 19 Feb 2010 (includes amendments listed above)
Other notes
1M Under the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Act 1999 s. 7, modifications to State taxing laws may be prescribed. Modifications are prescribed in the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Regulations 2007 Pt. 4 Div. 1.
If a modification is to:
replace or insert a numbered provision, the new provision is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the provision number;
amend a numbered provision, the amended provision is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the provision number.
1MC Under the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) Act 1998 (Commonwealth) s. 8, modifications to State taxing laws, in their application as Commonwealth laws in Commonwealth places in Western Australia, may be prescribed. Modifications are prescribed in the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) (Modifications of Applied Laws (WA)) Notice 2007 (Commonwealth) Pt. 4 Div. 1.
If a modification is to:
replace or insert a numbered provision, the new provision is identified by the superscript 1MC appearing after the provision number;
amend a numbered provision, the amended provision is identified by the superscript 1MC appearing after the provision number.
2 Repealed by the Planning and Development (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005.
3 Repealed by the Land Tax Assessment Act 1976, which was repealed by the Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002.
4 Repealed by the Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002.
5 The Planning and Development Act 2005 s. 1 and 2 came into operation on 12 Dec 2005; the Act other than s. 1, 2, 149, 150 and Pt. 13 Div. 3 on 9 April 2006; s. 150 and Pt. 13 Div. 2 on 1 Jul 2009; and s. 149 has not yet been proclaimed.
6 The Acts Amendment (Annual Valuations and Land Tax) Act 1993 s. 3 is an application provision that is of no further effect.
7 The Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) (Taxing) Act 2002 s. 3 and 4 read as follows:
Relationship with other Acts
The Taxation Administration Act 2003 is to be read with this Act as if they formed a single Act.
Meaning of terms used in this Act
The Glossary at the end of the Taxation Administration Act 2003 defines or affects the meaning of some of the words and expressions used in this Act and also affects the operation of other provisions.