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LAND DRAINAGE ACT 1925 - SECT 98

98 .         Objection to entry in rating records

        (1)         An objection to an entry in the rating records shall — 

            (a)         be made to the Corporation in writing;

            (b)         be served on the Corporation within 42 days after the service of a notice of assessment under section 93 7 of this Act based on such entry or the service of a notice under section 85(5) relating to such entry;

            (c)         describe the relevant property so as to identify it;

            (d)         identify the entry objected to; and

            (e)         set out fully and in detail the grounds of objection.

        (2)         The Corporation may, for reasonable cause shown by a person entitled to make an objection, extend the time for service of the objection for such period as the Corporation considers reasonable in the circumstances.

        (3)         The Corporation shall, with all reasonable despatch, consider any objection and may either disallow it or allow it, wholly or in part.

        (4)         In the case of an objection under section 72(1), the Corporation may make such decision thereon as shall be just.

        (5)         The Corporation shall promptly serve upon the person by whom the objection was made written notice of its decision on the objection and a brief statement of its reasons for that decision.

        (6)         If the Corporation decides to allow an objection, wholly or in part, it shall also advise the person by whom the objection was made of any consequent amendment of the relevant entry in the rating records; and if the Corporation decides to disallow an objection, wholly or in part, it shall also advise the person of the time within which and the manner in which a review of the decision may be sought.

        [Section 98 inserted by No. 76 of 1978 s. 63; amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 235 and 248; No. 110 of 1985 s. 108; No. 73 of 1995 s. 78; No. 55 of 2004 s. 575.]



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