Page 2305 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 15 September 1992
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Clauses 1 and 2, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 3
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (9.39): I move:
Page 1, line 9, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:
Interpretation
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "instalment day" and substituting the following definition:
"'instalment day' means -
(a) in relation to rates - 15 August, 15 November, 15 February or 15 May;
(b) in relation to land tax - 15 September, 15 December, 15 March or 15 June;"; and
(b) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "owner" and substituting the following definition:
"'owner', in relation to a parcel of land, means the registered proprietor of an estate or interest in that parcel, and includes a mortagee in possession;".
My amendment to section 4 of the principal Act will have the effect of providing for instalment payments. Contrary to the Chief Minister's assertion, this amendment is workable. In fact, it complies with the Chief Minister's comments earlier in the debate, back in August, when she undertook that the payment of land tax would not coincide with the payment of rates. This amendment sets out to stagger the instalment payments of land tax and rates, so that land tax would be payable in September, December, March and June and rates would be payable in August, November, February and May. The second part of my amendment incorporates the amendment proposed by the Government. It does not affect other amendments I propose and is an acceptable amendment.
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (9.41): Madam Speaker, needless to say, we oppose Mr Kaine's amendment. It seems to me to be quite contrary to the statements made by some members opposite about how inexpensive and administratively simple it would be to send out the land tax notices with the rates notices. In contrast, they are proposing here an entirely different set of dates. Again, I think the Liberals have confused themselves utterly. They have got the wrong dates, and for that reason we oppose the amendment.
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