Rental arrangement categories for state land tenures

Category 15 covers leases, licences and permits to occupy used for providing, relaying or transmitting telephonic, television, radio or other electronic communication services. It includes 5 sub-categories:

• Community service activities
• Limited commercial service activities (rural)
• Limited commercial service activities (urban)
• Non-community service (rural)
• Non-community service (urban).

A tenure may not be categorised under category 15 if the tenure is held by a carrier under the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cwlth) for supplying a carriage service under that Act.

How your rent is determined

The table below shows the rental arrangements for each subcategory, as prescribed by the Land Regulation 2020. Rents are indexed annually, with new rents coming into effect from 1 July each year.

Community service activities are activities relating to the provision of emergency or essential community services (e.g. ambulance, fire service, police).

Non-community service activities relate to the provision of commercial or domestic services (e.g. mobile phone or television services).

Urban areas are areas within the boundaries of these local government areas: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay, Noosa, Redland and Sunshine Coast. All other areas are considered a rural area.

Limited commercial activities covers activities relating to the provision of commercial or domestic services carried out by either:

• radio or television broadcasters owned by the state (e.g. ABC Radio) or Commonwealth government (e.g. SBS Television)
• local service providers (e.g. Channel 31)—an individual or corporation employing less than 200 employees and providing commercial or domestic services within one urban local government area or one rural area.

Due date

Annual rents are due on 1 September of the financial year for which the rent is payable. Invoices are normally issued before the end of July.

Penalty on late payment

If you do not pay the rent within the time prescribed on the invoice, you will be required to pay penalty interest on the rent outstanding until the day the rent is paid. This is in addition to the rent.

Penalty interest rate

The penalty interest rate, accruing daily and compounding monthly, is 2% above the Suncorp-Metway business variable lending base rate as at 1 July of the annual billing period.

Related information

Rental arrangements are made in accordance with the Land Regulation 2020.