9The *Fire and Emergency Services Legislation (Emergency Services Levy) Amendment Act 2002* s. 33(2)‑(4) read as follows:

9 The Fire and Emergency Services Legislation (Emergency Services Levy) Amendment Act 2002 s. 33(2)‑(4) read as follows:

(2) The operation of section 32(1a) of the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992, as inserted by subsection (1), extends to an application for registration of an entitlement as regards land to a local government, in relation to a prescribed charge by way of rates, made before the commencement of this section if the application has not yet been determined on that commencement.

(3) If the registration by a local government of an entitlement as regards land, in relation to a prescribed charge by way of rates, has effect on the commencement of this section, that registration is taken to include the registration by the local government of an entitlement as regards the land, in relation to the emergency services levy.

(4) Words and expressions used in subsections (2) and (3) have the same meanings as they have in the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992.