Municipal charge exemption - Fire Services Levy

Where multiple parcels of farm land are used to operate a single farming enterprise, a person may only be required to pay the fixed charge once by applying for the single farming enterprise exemption.

This form is to request that the properties detailed be considered a single farm enterprise for calculating the Fire Services Property Levy (FSPL) in accordance with the Fire Services Property Levy Act.

You must notify the councils if the circumstances relating to your application change, as this may affect your eligibility for the exemption.

General conditions:

• All of the land is farmland.
• All of the properties are occupied by the same person(s) and are farmed as a single enterprise.
• Each property is used to carry on a single business of primary production that has a significant and substantial commercial purpose or character that seeks to make a profit on a continuous or repetitive basis from its activities on the land.
• The business is making a profit from its activities on the land or has a reasonable prospect of making a profit from its activities on the land if it continues to operate in the way that it is operating.

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