[Suzy Melki]

Currently FCC are reviewing all Council owned properties and found that not all Leisure Centres, Child care, or Libraries are being Rated. Currently some are categorised as Non-Rateable and some are Rated.
should they all be categorised Business and should they all be Rated. I’m interested to know how other Council establish the categories for these premises.

[Suzi Flynn]

Hi Suzy. You should check if the land in question qualifies for an exemption under s556(1)(a).

Land meets the definition of “public place” if it is (among other things):
“public land” or Crown land that is not:
(iv) land that has been sold or leased or lawfully contracted to be sold or leased.

And land meets the definition of “public land” if it is:
any land (including a public reserve) vested in or under the control of the council, but does not include:
(a) a public road, or
(b) land to which the Crown Lands Act 1989 applies, or
(c) a common, or
(d) land subject to the Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902 , or
(e) a regional park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .

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