2020-07-10 SM Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Council 2020-21 Budget Document

Revenue Statement - 2020/21

      (iii)   educational, training or information services aimed at improving labour market
              participation or leisure opportunities;
(e)   land used for a cemetery.


2.8       Fees and Charges
Section 97 of the Local Government Act 2009 allows a local government to fix a cost recovery fee
and Section 172(1)(c) of the Local Government Regulation 2012 provides that the revenue statement
must state the criteria used to decide the amount of any cost recovery fees. All fees and charges will
be set with reference to cost reflective pricing. Cost recovery fees will be charged up to a maximum
of full cost. Any non-profit, volunteer, charitable, community, sporting, or religious organisation not
in possession of a permanent liquor or gaming licence or a surf lifesaving club (or similar
organisation) in possession of a permanent liquor licence is eligible for a single discount of 50%
reduction in development application fees.
Section 172(1)(d) of the Local Government Regulation 2012 provides that if the local government
conducts a business activity the revenue statement must state the criteria used to decide the amount
of the charges for the activity’s goods and services. Commercial charge setting will have considered
the competitive neutrality principle for a business activity conducted by Council and all commercial
charges for the 2020/21 financial year are set out in the Register of General Cost-recovery Fees and
Commercial Charges 2020/21 as adopted.


2.9       Definitions
extractive industry: the dredging, excavating, quarrying, sluicing or winning of materials from the
ground.
land use codes those land use codes approved by Council effective from 1 July 2020.
not PPR: Land which is not the owner's principal place of residence.
primary production purposes: land available for the business or industry of grazing, dairying, pig
farming, poultry farming, viticulture, orcharding, apiculture, horticulture, aquaculture, vegetable
growing, the growing of crops of any kind, forestry; or any other business or industry involving the
cultivation of soils, the gathering in of crops or the rearing of livestock; and where a farming
concession is granted by the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy in accordance
with Chapter 2, Part 2, Division 5, Subdivision 2 of the Land Valuation Act 2010.
PPR: means a dwelling that is the place of residence at which at least one natural person who
constitutes the owner/s of the land predominantly resides. In establishing principal place of
residence, Council may consider, but not be limited to whether the owner has moved his or her
personal belongings into a residence on the land, the owner’s declared address for electoral,
taxation, government social security or national health registration purposes, or any other form of
evidence deemed acceptable by Council.
The following cases specifically do not comply with the definition of a principal place of residence,
namely a dwelling that is:
(a)   not occupied by at least one person/s who constitute the owner/s, but occupied by any other
      person/s, whether in return for rent or remuneration or not, including members of the owner’s
      family or
(b)   vacant either permanently or temporarily for more than 120 days of the financial year, except
      in the case where:
      (i)   The dwelling is a place of residence undergoing renovation or redevelopment, and the
            owner/s do not own any other property which they claim to be their principal place of
            residence.
      (ii) The property is vacant for a period longer than 120 continuous days of the financial year
            due to the owner’s absence on an extended holiday, provided that the property remains
            vacant for the entire period of their absence.

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