LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6.41
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6.41
6.41 . Service of rate notice
(1) A local government
is required to give to —
(a) the
owner of rateable land; and
(b) the
owner or occupier, as the case requires, of land on which a service charge is
imposed,
a rate notice stating
the date the rate notice was issued and incorporating or accompanied by the
details and particulars prescribed.
(2) The rate notice is
to be given —
(a) as
soon as practicable after —
(i)
the rate record of the land is completed; or
(ii)
the rate record of the land is amended, if that amendment
results in a change in the amount of rates or service charges payable on that
land;
or
(b)
where an election has been made under section 6.45 to pay rates or service
charges by instalments, not less than 28 days before each instalment is due.
(3) Notwithstanding
sections 75 and 76 of the Interpretation Act 1984 service of the rate notice
is deemed to have been effected if delivered to the address shown in the rate
record for the owner at the time of delivery.
(4) The rate notice
may be given by email if the local government has obtained the consent of the
owner or occupier, as the case requires, to giving the rate notice in that
way.
[Section 6.41 amended: No. 16 of 2019 s. 63.]