Western Australian Current Regulations

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 5

5 .         Land exempt from emergency services levy (Act s. 36D(a))

        (1)         For the purposes of section 36D(a) of the Act, land is exempt from the levy if it is —

            (a)         land owned by a local government that is determined by the Minister, having regard to the advice of the Valuer‑General, not to be improved land; or

            (b)         land in respect of which a mining tenement, other than a mining lease, is granted or acquired under the Mining Act 1978 or by virtue of the Mining Act 1904  ² ; or

            (c)         land in respect of which an exploration permit for petroleum is granted under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 ; or

            (d)         land —

                  (i)         that is determined by the Minister, having regard to the advice of the FES Commissioner, to be contaminated; and

                  (ii)         that is in an area in which, because of that contamination, no services under the emergency services Acts are provided.

        (2)         In subregulation (1)(d) —

        contaminated has the same meaning as it has in the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 section 4.

        [Regulation 5 inserted: Gazette 16 May 2003 p. 1697‑8; amended: Gazette 10 Jun 2008 p. 2487; 31 Oct 2012 p. 5231.]