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1 The provision in this Act repealing that Act has been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).
2 The short title of the Local Government Act 1960 was amended to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 by the Local Government Act 1995 Sch. 9.2 cl. 2.
3 The provision in this Act amending that Act has been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).
4 The Pensioners (Rates Rebates and Deferments) Act 1966 was repealed by s. 51(1) of this Act.
5 The State Housing Act 1946 was repealed by the Housing Act 1980.
6 The Revenue Laws Amendment (Assessment) Act 1998 s. 25 reads as follows:
25. Savings — procedural manuals
A procedural manual issued under section 9 of the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992 as in force before the commencement of this Part has effect on and after the commencement of this Part as if it had been issued under section 9 of the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992 as amended by section 16 of this Act.
7 The Revenue Laws Amendment (Assessment) Act 2001 s. 13(2) reads as follows:
Regulations —
that are made under the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992 as amended by this section; and
that are made within 6 months after this section receives the Royal Assent,
may come into operation at a time specified in those regulations that is not earlier than 1 July 2001 and may relate to a rebate that an eligible senior is to be allowed on a prescribed charge referred to in section 40(9) of that Act (as inserted by this section).
8 The Revenue Laws Amendment (Assessment) Act 2001 s. 16 reads as follows:
16. Transitional
If before 1 July 2001 a person is eligible to be registered and is registered under section 32 of the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992 on or after 1 July 2001 and on or before 30 September 2001, section 40 of that Act (as inserted by section 13) applies to that person as if the entitlement had been registered at the commencement of the charged period.
If a person becomes eligible to be registered and is registered on or after 1 July 2001 and on or before 30 September 2001, section 40 (as inserted by section 13) applies to that person as if the person were registered on the day the person became eligible to be registered.
9 The Fire and Emergency Services Legislation (Emergency Services Levy) Amendment Act 2002 s. 33(2)‑(4) read as follows:
The operation of section 32(1a) of the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992, as inserted by subsection (1), extends to an application for registration of an entitlement as regards land to a local government, in relation to a prescribed charge by way of rates, made before the commencement of this section if the application has not yet been determined on that commencement.
If the registration by a local government of an entitlement as regards land, in relation to a prescribed charge by way of rates, has effect on the commencement of this section, that registration is taken to include the registration by the local government of an entitlement as regards the land, in relation to the emergency services levy.
Words and expressions used in subsections (2) and (3) have the same meanings as they have in the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992.
10 The Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Amendment Act 2005 s. 16 reads as follows:
16. Transitional
If an eligible person who holds a relevant interest in land of a kind referred to in section 29A or 29B of the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992 registers an entitlement in respect of land under section 32 of that Act after 30 June 2005 and before 1 October 2005, section 40 of that Act applies to that person as if the entitlement had been registered at the commencement of the charged period.
11 The Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Amendment Act 2013 s. 14(2) does not have effect because this Act received the Royal Assent before 1 Jul 2013 (see s. 14(1)).
12 The Water Services Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2012 s. 226(4) was repealed by the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2025 s. 3(i).
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