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Classification Structure - Subdivision 710000 - Commercial Services and Tourism

(See Division 2, Introduction for more information)

	Group	Class	Title
	710100		Electricity, Gas and Water Services and Utilities
		710101	Electricity services and utilities
		710102	Gas services and utilities
		710103	Water services and utilities
	710200		Waste Management and Recycling
		710201	Waste management
		710202	Recycling
		710299	Othe
	710300		Wholesale and Retail Trade
		710301	Wholesale
		710302	Retail trade
	710400		Finance, Property and Business Services
		710401	Finance and investment services
		710402	Insurance services
		710403	Property and business services
	710500		Tourism
		710501	Economic issues
		710502	Socio-cultural issues
		710503	Tourism infrastructure development
		710599	Tourism not elsewhere classified
	710600		Other Commercial Services
		710601	Recreational services
		710602	Hospitality services
		710603	Commercial security services
		710699	Commercial services not elsewhere classified
	710700		Prevention and Treatment of Pollution
		710701	Electricity, gas and water services and utilities
		710702	Waste management and recycling
		710703	Wholesale and retail trade
		710704	Finance, property and business services
		710705	Tourism
		710706	Other commercial services

Subdivision 710000 - Commercial Services and Tourism, covers R&D directed towards the provision of commercial services to all areas of economic and social development.

This subdivision includes R&D directed towards the provision of electricity and gas services to consumers, provision of water, sewerage and drainage services; management and recycling of wastes or waste products as a discrete process or as a service to consumers; wholesale and retail trade services, finance, property and business services; tourism; recreational and personal services and other commercial services not elsewhere classified.

It includes R&D directed towards 'clean production' to minimise emissions to the environment from commercial services or tourism or towards protection of the production site. This subdivision has seven groups:

710100 - Electricity, Gas and Water Services and Utilities
710200 - Waste Management and Recycling
710300 - Wholesale and Retail Trade
710400 - Finance, Property and Business Services
710500 - Tourism
710600 - Other Commercial Services
710700 - Prevention and Treatment of Pollution

Exclusions:


R&D directed towards the:

(a) transformation of energy into electricity and gas and conservation or efficient use of energy is included in Subdivision 660000 Energy Supply; and

(b) management or recycling of industrial wastes as an integral process within an industry to prevent impacts of economic development on the environment is included in the appropriate groups within the Defence, Economic Development and Society Divisions.

Group 710100 - Electricity, Gas and Water Services and Utilities

This group covers R&D directed towards the provision of electricity, gas and water services and utilities to industrial and commercial premises and households.

This group includes R&D directed towards the following:


• provision of electricity supply to users as consumers (incl. provision of customer and advisory services);
• repair and maintenance of electricity transmission and power facilities;
• provision of gas supply to users as consumers (incl. provision of customer and advisory services);
• repair and maintenance of gas mains;
• provision of gas supplies to consumers in bottle or bulk (wholesale or retail);
• provision of water services and utilities, stormwater drainage and sewerage treatment concerned with water supply;
• storage, purification or distribution of water;
• repair and maintenance of water related facilities services; and
• operation of irrigation systems.

This group has three classes:

710101 - Electricity services and utilities
710102 - Gas services and utilities
710103 - Water services and utilities

Exclusions:


R&D directed towards the:

(a) manufacture of gases is included in Group 660100 Energy Transformation;

(b) transmission of electricity and distribution of manufactured gas i.e. transportation through a system of mains, including pipelines operated on own account is included in Group 660300 Energy Storage and Distribution;

(c) construction of new electricity transmission or power facilities, new gas pipelines, dams, water mains and pumping stations is included in Group 680400 Construction Processes; and

(d) 'clean production' to minimise emissions to the environment from electricity, gas and water services and utilities or towards protection of the production site is included in Group 710700 Prevention and Treatment of Pollution.

Group 710200 - Waste Management and Recycling

This group covers R&D directed towards management and recycling wastes or waste products considered as a discrete process or as a service to consumers.

R&D directed towards managing sewerage wastes, sewerage treatment (other than concerned with water supply) or towards handling and processing wastes (incl. toxic waste ) and scrap is included in this group. This group has three classes:


710201 - Waste management
710202 - Recycling
710299 - Other

Exclusions:


R&D directed towards:

(a) the industrial processing of wastes and scrap to manufacture new products is included in the appropriate groups in Subdivision 670000 Manufacturing;

(b) sewerage treatment concerned with water supply is included in Group 710100 Electricity, Gas and Water Services and Utilities;

(c) 'clean production' to minimise emissions to the environment from waste management and recycling or towards protection of the production site is included in Group 710700 Prevention and Treatment of Pollution; and

(d) waste management or recycling as an integral process within an industry to prevent impacts of economic development on the environment is included in the relevant groups in the Defence, Economic Development and Society Divisions.

Group 710300 - Wholesale and Retail Trade

This group covers R&D directed towards wholesale and retail trade services. It includes R&D directed towards direct marketing. This group has two classes:


710301 - Wholesale trade
710302 - Retail trade

Exclusions:


R&D directed towards wholesaling or retailing gas supplies to consumers in bottles or in bulk is included in Group 710100 Electricity, Gas and Water Services and Utilities.

Group 710400 - Finance, Property and Business Services

This group covers R&D directed towards the development and provision of the following services:


• finance and investment services including banks, building societies, credit unions, money market dealing, and other services to finance;
• insurance including life insurance, superannuation funds, health and general insurance and services to insurance;
• property services including real estate agents, property operators and developers; and
• other business services including legal and accounting services, advertising, graphic design, market research, business consultancy, secretarial services and plant leasing and hiring.

This group has three classes:

710401 - Finance and investment services
710402 - Insurance services
710403 - Property and business services

Group 710500 - Tourism

This group covers R&D directed towards tourism services. This group has four classes:


710501 - Economic issues
710502 - Socio-cultural issues
710503 - Tourism infrastructure development
710599 - Tourism not elsewhere classified

Group 710600 - Other Commercial Services

This group covers R&D directed towards the development and provision of commercial services not elsewhere classified. It includes R&D directed towards the following:


• recreational services mainly of a commercial nature (e.g. casinos);
• hospitality services (e.g. motels, taverns, restaurants);
• the provision of commercial security services (incl. alarm and surveillance services);
• other commercial services such as video hire outlets, hiring of personal and household goods, laundries and dry cleaners, photography services, funeral parlours, crematoria and cemeteries; and
• other business services not classified elsewhere.

This group has four classes:

710601 - Recreational services
710602 - Hospitality services
710603 - Commercial security services
710699 - Commercial services not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


R&D directed towards:

(a) security services or surveillance systems for military purposes is included in Group 610100 Defence; and for corrective purposes is included in Group 750500 Justice and the Law;

(b) museums and art galleries is included in Group 700200 Other Information Services; and

(c) music and theatre production, sport and services to sport activities (incl. sporting clubs) and recreational and amusement services mainly of a non-commercial nature (e.g. parks, botanical gardens) is included in Group 750200 Arts and Leisure.

Group 710700 - Prevention and Treatment of Pollution

This group covers R&D directed towards 'clean production' to minimise emissions to the environment from commercial services and tourism or towards protection of the production site. This group has six classes:


710701 - Electricity, gas and water services and utilities
710702 - Waste management and recycling
710703 - Wholesale and retail trade
710704 - Finance, property and business services
710705 - Tourism
710706 - Other commercial services