South Australia
Emergency Services Funding (Declaration of Levy and Area and Land Use Factors) Notice 2023
under section 10 of the Emergency Services Funding Act 1998

1—Short title
This notice may be cited as the Emergency Services Funding (Declaration of Levy and Area and Land Use Factors) Notice 2023.
2—Commencement
This notice comes into operation on the day on which it is made.
3—Interpretation
In this notice—
Act means the Emergency Services Funding Act 1998.
4—Declaration of levy
The levy under Part 3 Division 1 of the Act for the 2023/2024 financial year comprises—
	(a)	an amount of 0.1012 cents in respect of each dollar of the value of land subject to assessment; and
	(b)	a fixed charge of $50 for each piece, section or aggregation of contiguous or non‑contiguous land subject to separate assessment.
5—Declaration of area factors
The area factors for each of the emergency services areas for the 2023/2024 financial year are as follows:
	(a)	Regional area 1—0.8;
	(b)	Regional area 2—0.5;
	(c)	Regional area 3—0.2;
	(d)	Regional area 4—1.0.
6—Declaration of land use factors
The land use factors for each of the land uses referred to in section 8(1) of the Act for the 2023/2024 financial year are as follows:
	(a)	commercial—1.158;
	(b)	industrial—1.817;
	(c)	residential—0.4;
	(d)	rural—0.3;
	(e)	all other uses—0.5.
7—Relevant day
The relevant day for the purposes of section 8 of the Act in respect of the 2023/2024 financial year is 30 June 2023.
8—Required statement of amount and description of method used to determine amount
The following information is provided in accordance with section 10(6) of the Act:
	(a)	the Minister has determined under section 10(4)(a) of the Act that $325.1 million needs to be raised by the levy on land under Part 3 Division 1 of the Act to fund emergency services in the 2023/2024 financial year;
	(b)	the method used for determining the amount referred to in paragraph (a) is as follows:
	(i)	a strategic and business planning process was undertaken to establish a strategic context for assessing amounts to be expended for the kinds of emergency services and other purposes referred to in section 28(4) of the Act;
	(ii)	the amount to be raised from the levy under Part 3 Division 1 of the Act was determined on the basis of—
	(A)	forward estimates of expenditure for emergency services during the 2023/2024 financial year, excluding any expenditure carried over from prior years and any emergency services measures funded outside of the emergency services rates settings; and
	(B)	the shortfall between projected 2023/2024 emergency services expenditure and projected 2023/2024 revenue from the levy under Part 3 Division 2 of the Act, the projected decrease in the balance of the Community Emergency Services Fund and non‑levy revenue (such as interest earnings) paid into the Community Emergency Services Fund.
Made by the Governor
on the recommendation of the Treasurer and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 29 June 2023