Key legal question
Whether the appellant was entitled to be excused from the fire service replacement levy because of disability and alleged discrimination.
Extracted holding
The levy was lawfully owed; the statutory exemptions are exhaustive, and persons with disabilities are not discriminated against because exemption is granted for defined incapacity-related situations, not on a general right to personal service.
Extracted reasoning
The law provides fire service duty either as personal service or as payment of a replacement levy, with the competent communal authorities deciding the form. There is no entitlement to personal service. The appellant did not prove entitlement under the statutory exemption grounds, in particular not receipt of an invalidity pension or helplessness allowance.