Terms used
36ZI Terms used
In this Division —
ESL agreement means an agreement entered into under section 36ZJ;
leviable land does not include leviable land in relation to which the FES Commissioner serves or gives a notice under section 36L(2) or 36N.
[Section 36ZI inserted: No. 42 of 2002 s. 15; amended: No. 22 of 2012 s. 43.]
36ZJ. ESL agreement, nature of etc.
The FES Commissioner may, with the approval of the Minister, enter into a written agreement on behalf of the State with a local government that provides for the local government to pay to the FES Commissioner an amount equal to the total amount of levy payable for a levy year on all leviable land in the local government’s district.
An ESL agreement may provide for the amount that is to be paid to the FES Commissioner under the agreement to be paid by instalments.
If an amount (including an instalment) remains unpaid after it becomes due and payable under an ESL agreement, the FES Commissioner may recover the amount, and interest on the amount at the rate prescribed by the regulations, as well as any costs of proceedings for that recovery, in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the State.
[Section 36ZJ inserted: No. 42 of 2002 s. 15; amended: No. 22 of 2012 s. 30 and 43.]
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