LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 560
Who is liable to pay rates?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 560
Who is liable to pay rates?
560 Who is liable to pay rates?
(1) The owner for the time being of land on
which a rate is levied is liable to pay the rate to the council, except as
provided by this section.
(2) If land owned by the Crown is leased, the
lessee is liable to pay the rate, except as provided by subsection (4).
(3)
If there are two or more owners, or two or more lessees from the Crown, of the
land, they are jointly and severally liable to pay the rate.
(4) The Crown is
liable to pay the rate for land owned by the Crown which is subject to the
Housing Act 2001 or the Aboriginal Housing Act 1998 .
