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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Preliminary and key provisions - Key provisions - Who is a ratepayer?

10: Who is ratepayer?

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"Who is considered a ratepayer for a piece of land?"

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For the purposes of this Act, you are a ratepayer if you are named in the rating information database and the district valuation roll for a rating unit. This means you are the person listed as the ratepayer for a particular area of land. You are also a ratepayer for a separate rating area if you are named in the rating information database for that area.

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Part 1Preliminary and key provisions
Key provisions: Who is a ratepayer?

10Who is ratepayer?

  1. For the purposes of this Act, a ratepayer is,—

  2. in relation to a rating unit, the person who is named as a ratepayer in the rating information database and the district valuation roll for the rating unit:
    1. in relation to a separate rating area, the person who is named as the ratepayer in the rating information database for the separate rating area.

      Notes
      • Section 10: replaced, on , by section 8 of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).