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Emergency Services Funding (Declaration of Levy and Area
and Land Use Factors) Notice 2005
under section 10 of the Emergency Services Funding Act 1998
This notice may be cited as the Emergency Services Funding (Declaration
of Levy and Area and Land Use Factors) Notice 2005.
This notice comes into operation on the day on which it is made.
In this notice—
Act means the Emergency Services Funding
Act 1998.
The levy under Part 3 Division 1 of the Act for the 2005/2006 financial
year comprises—
(a) an amount of 0.1160 cents in respect of each dollar of the value of
land subject to assessment; and
(b) a fixed charge of $50 for each piece, section or aggregation of
contiguous or non-contiguous land subject to separate assessment.
The area factors for each of the emergency services areas for the 2005/2006
financial year are as follows:
(a) Regional area 1—0.8;
(b) Regional area 2—0.5;
(c) Regional area 3—0.2;
(d) Regional area 4—1.0.
6—Declaration of land use
factors
The land use factors for each of the land uses referred to in section 8(1)
of the Act for the 2005/2006 financial year are as follows:
(a) commercial—1.0;
(b) industrial—1.508;
(c) residential—0.4;
(d) rural—0.3;
(e) all other uses—0.5.
The relevant day for the purposes of section 8 of the Act in respect of the
2005/2006 financial year is 30 June 2005.
8—Required statement of amount and
description of method used to determine amount
The following information is provided in accordance with section 10(6) of
the Act:
(a) the Minister has determined under section 10(4)(a) of the Act that
$135.3 million needs to be raised by means of the levy under Part 3
Division 1 of the Act to fund emergency services in the 2005/2006 financial
year, of which $64.9 million (net of remissions) needs to be raised from private
and local government property ownerships;
(b) the method used for determining the amount referred to in
paragraph (a) is as follows:
(i) a strategic and business planning process was undertaken to establish
a strategic context for assessing amounts to be expended for the kinds of
emergency services and other purposes referred to in section 28(4) of the
Act;
(ii) the amounts to be expended for emergency services and the amount that
needs to be raised by the levy under Part 3 Division 1 of the Act were derived
from existing forward estimates and adjusted to reflect additional initiatives
and requirements identified in the strategic and business planning process and,
following an assessment of risk, amounts were also included for contingencies in
accordance with sound financial management practices.
Made by the Governor's Deputy
on the recommendation of the Treasurer and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council
on 30 June 2005
T&F05/049CS
[Published in the Gazette on 30 June 2005 at page 2100]