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Rural Fires Act 1997
113ARural fire brigade contribution is debt payable to State Revenue Commissioner
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#### 113A Rural fire brigade contribution is debt payable to State Revenue Commissioner
113A Rural fire brigade contribution is debt payable to State Revenue Commissioner
> > (1) If the whole or part of a rural fire brigade contribution payable by a relevant council is not paid to the State Revenue Commissioner as required, the unpaid amount is recoverable by the State Revenue Commissioner as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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> > (2) The applied provisions of the [Taxation Administration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-097) apply in relation to the contribution payable by a relevant council under this Act as if Part 5 of this Act were a taxation law and the contribution were a tax payable by a council under a taxation law.
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> > (3) The applied provisions of the [Taxation Administration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-097) are the following provisions of that Act—
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> > > (a) Division 1 (Interest) of Part 5,
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> > > (b) sections 50 and 55 (which prohibit the giving of false and misleading information),
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> > > (c) Division 1 (Tax officers), Division 2 (Investigation) and Division 3 (Secrecy) of Part 9,
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> > > (d) sections 114, 115, 116, 118, 119 and 120,
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> > > (e) any provisions that are relevant to the interpretation of the above provisions.
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> > (4) The applied provisions apply to an assessment made by the State Revenue Commissioner under this Act in the same way as they apply to an assessment under that Act.
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> > (5) To avoid doubt, Part 10 of the [Taxation Administration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-097) does not apply to a rural fire brigade contribution or to the exercise of any of the State Revenue Commissioner’s functions in respect of rural fire brigade contributions (including under the applied provisions of the [Taxation Administration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-097)).
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> **s 113A:** Ins 2017 No 9, Sch 4.6 \[14\].