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HOUSING ACT - SECT 32

Liability for rates and water and sewerage charges, &c.

    (1)     Notwithstanding the Local Government Act :

        (a)     where the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) has acquired land within a municipality or community government area and there is a dwelling on the land or the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) proposes to erect a dwelling on that land, that land is rateable land for the purposes of the Local Government Act ; and

        (b)     the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) is liable for payment of a charge made by the Council of a municipality or community government area for a service provided for the removal of night-soil or garbage in respect of the land on which a dwelling is situated.

    (2)     A statement in writing by the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) that it proposes to erect a dwelling, or that it does not propose to erect a dwelling, on land specified in the statement is, for the purposes of this section, conclusive evidence as to that fact.



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