Local Government (Rating and Valuation) Amendment Act 1983 (NSW)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RATING AND VALUATION)

AMENDMENT ACT, 1983, No. 206

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Act No. 206, 1983.

An Act to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, to make further pro-

vision with respect to the use of rating base factors in levying rates.

[Assented to, 31st December, 1983.1

Act No. 206, 1983. 2

Local Government (Rating and Valuation) Amendment.

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Local Government (Rating and

Valuation) Amendment Act, 1983''.

Commencement.

2.      (1) Sections 1 and 2 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act.

(2) Except as provided by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on

1st January, 1984.

Amendment of Act No. 41, 1919.

1. The Local Government Act, 1919, is amended in the manner set forth

in Schedule 1.

SCHEDULE 1.

(Sec. 3.)

AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.

(1) Section 131A C D -

Omit "the rating base factor" wherever occurring, insert instead "a rating base factor".

(2) Section 134 ( l c ) —

Omit "(5)", insert instead " ( 4 A ) , (5), ( 5 A ) " .

1. Act No. 206, 1983.

Local Government (Rating and Valuation) Amendment.

SCHEDULE 1—continued.

AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919—continued.

(3) Section 1 3 4 A —

Omit the section, insert instead:—

Use of rating base factors.

134A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a general valuation in respect of an area is furnished under section 48 of the Valuation of Land Act, 1916, to the council of the area during, but after 1st January in, a year, the council, in respect of land for which a rating base factor is included in the general valua- tion or furnished under section 58D (3) of the Valuation of Land Act, 1916, shall—

(a) in the first following year, use the rating base factor of the land determined in accordance with section 58D (4) (a),

( 4 A ) , (5) (a) or (5A) of the Valuation of Land Act, 1916,

as the case may require; and

(b) in the second following year, use the rating base factor of the land determined in accordance with section 58D (4) (b),

( 4 A ) , (5) (b) or (5A) of the Valuation of Land Act, 1916,

as the case may require,

to the exclusion of any other valuation as the basis of any rate levied

or leviable upon the land value of the land.