Emergency Services Funding Regulations 1999 (SA)

South Australia

Emergency Services Funding Regulations 1999

under the Emergency Services Funding Act 1998

Contents

1Short title

2Commencement

3Interpretation

4Interest on unpaid levy and unpaid interest

5Interest on overpayments of levy

6Interest on payment of additional amount

7Remission of interest

8Payment of interest on judgement debt

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Emergency Services Funding Regulations 1999.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 30 June 1999.

3—Interpretation

(1)In these regulations—

the Act means the Emergency Services Funding Act 1998.

(2)A reference in these regulations to a levy, refund or amount in relation to which interest is payable includes a reference to part of the levy, refund or amount.

4—Interest on unpaid levy and unpaid interest

(1)Subject to subregulation (4), interest accrues on a daily basis on an unpaid levy from the date stated for payment of the levy in the notice under section 16 of the Act.

(2)Interest accrues on a daily basis on the amount of interest that has accrued under subregulation (1) at the end of each period of six months following the date stated for payment of the levy in the notice under section 16 of the Act.

(3)The rate of interest for the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2) is 12.8 per cent per annum.

(4)Interest is not payable on an unpaid levy if, at the time at which the levy is paid, the interest would, but for this subregulation, be less than $20.

5—Interest on overpayments of levy

(1)Where a refund of part of a levy is to be made under section 21 of the Act, interest accrues on a daily basis on the amount to be refunded from the date stated for payment of the levy in the notice under section 16 of the Act or from the date on which the levy was paid whichever is the later.

(2)The rate of interest for the purposes of subregulation (1) is 4.8 per cent per annum.

6—Interest on payment of additional amount

(1)Where an additional amount is payable under section 21 of the Act, interest accrues on a daily basis on the amount payable from the expiration of 30 days from the date on which notification of the alteration referred to in section 21 was given to the person who initiated the objection, review or appeal.

(2)The rate of interest for the purposes of subregulation (1) is 12.8 per cent per annum.

7—Remission of interest

(1)The Minister may remit interest otherwise payable by any amount.

(2)Interest remitted by the Minister under subregulation (1) will be taken never to have accrued under these regulations.

8—Payment of interest on judgement debt

Payment of interest that has accrued on a judgement debt for a levy or for an additional amount referred to in regulation 6 will be taken to have been paid on account of interest accrued under these regulations.

Legislative history

Notes

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or of regulations

The Emergency Services Funding Regulations 1999 were revoked by r 3 of the Emergency Services Funding Revocation Regulations 2008 on 1.7.2009.

Principal regulations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
1999	36	Gazette 27.5.1999 p2736	30.6.1999: r 2