Fire and Emergency Services Levy Act 2017

When classifying land, a local council must first consider whether the land is government land.

The local council is to classify the land as government land if the land meets the requirements for classification as government land.

If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as government land, the local council must—

consider whether the land is public benefit land, and

if the land meets the requirements for classification as public benefit land, classify the land as public benefit land.

If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as either government land or public benefit land, the local council must—

consider whether the land should be classified as farmland or residential land, and

if the land meets the requirements for classification as farmland or residential land, classify the land as farmland or residential land, respectively.

If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as government land, public benefit land, farmland or residential land, the local council must—

consider whether the land should be classified as industrial land, and

if the land meets the requirements for classification as industrial land, classify the land as industrial land.

If the land does not meet the requirements for classification as government land, public benefit land, farmland, residential land or industrial land, the local council is to classify the land as commercial land.