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Clarification of rating rules for miscellaneous and small prospecting licences on crown land, ensuring consistent application and preventing double rating.

Low · Bill First Reading13 November 2025 · 1,292 words

Mining licence rating rules clarified to prevent double taxation and ensure sector certainty.

Amendments ensure miscellaneous mining licences on crown land are exempt from rates.

The bill seeks to restore the longstanding understanding and practice that miscellaneous licences and small prospecting licences on crown land, regardless of occupation, are not rateable.

neutral· procedural❄️ cold

Members who spoke

Jarvis, Jackie
Topics
local governmentminingratinglicences

Legislation Referenced

Bills
Local Government Amendment (Rating of Certain Mining Licences) Bill 2025Acts Amendment (Mining Tenements) (Rating) Bill

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