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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 10 Hansard (5 September) . . Page.. 3233 ..
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Question No. 281
Land Rates - Exemptions
(1) Are exemptions for land rates provided to religious organisations in the ACT.
(2) If so -
(a) which organisations are granted exemptions;
(b) (i) what is the amount of money exempted for each organisation;
(ii) what is the amount of exemption for each property of each organisation;
(c) what are the total exemptions given in the ACT Budget for religious organisations; and
(d) what other organisations are exempted from land rates.
MRS CARNELL - The answer to the Member's question is as follows:
(1) Yes - Under paragraph 6(1 )(c) of the Rates and Land Tax Act 1926 sites of churches and other buildings used exclusively for public worship are exempt from general rates charges.
(2)(a) All religious institutions that have a lease of land in the ACT are exempt from the imposition of general rates.
(b)(i) The amount of revenue foregone by way of general rates exemptions provided to religious institutions is not available. Due to the statutory entitlement to an exemption imposed by the legislation, sites occupied by religious institutions are not valued and charges for general rates are not assessed for exempt properties.
(ii) This information is not available as stated in my previous answer.
(c) This information is not available as stated in my previous answer.
(d) Pursuant to Section 6 (1 ) of the Act the following land is exempt from the imposition of general rates:
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