Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 2012 - REG 120

120 Criteria for granting concession

(1) The local government may grant the concession only if it is satisfied—

(a) the land is owned or occupied by a pensioner; or

(b) the land is owned by—

(i) an entity whose objects do not include making a profit; or

(ii) an entity that provides assistance or encouragement for arts or cultural development; or

(c) the payment of the rates or charges will cause hardship to the land owner; or

(d) the concession will encourage the economic development of all or part of the local government area; or

(e) the concession will encourage land that is of cultural, environmental, historic, heritage or scientific significance to the local government area to be preserved, restored or maintained; or

(f) the land is used exclusively for the purpose of a single dwelling house or farming and could be used for another purpose, including, for example, a commercial or industrial purpose; or

(g) the land is subject to a GHG tenure, mining tenement or petroleum tenure; or

(h) the land is part of a parcel of land (a
"parcel" ) that has been subdivided and—

(i) the person who subdivided the parcel is the owner of the land; and

(ii) the land is not developed land.

(2) In this section—

"GHG tenure" see the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 , section 18 (2) .

"mining tenement" see the Mineral Resources Act 1989 , schedule 2 .

"petroleum tenure" means—

(a) a petroleum tenure under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 , section 18 (3) ; or

(b) an authority to prospect or lease under the Petroleum Act 1923 .