Part 2Rating information database and rates records
Rating information database
28COwner of rating unit and ratepayer for separate rating area entered on database may require local authority to withhold information from database
An owner of a rating unit or ratepayer for a separate rating area whose particulars are included on the database may request the local authority to withhold his or her name or postal address (or both) from the database.
An owner or ratepayer who makes a request under subsection (1)—
- must make the request in writing; but
- is not required to provide reasons for the request.
On receipt of a request, the local authority must, as soon as practicable,—
- remove the relevant particulars from the database; and
- notify the owner or ratepayer who made the request of the removal of his or her particulars.
An owner or ratepayer whose particulars have been removed from the database may, at any time by written notice, revoke the request. The local authority must then, as soon as practicable, restore those particulars to the database.
Notes
- Section 28C: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 66).
- Section 28C heading: amended, on , by section 16(1) of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).
- Section 28C(1): amended, on , by section 16(2) of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).
- Section 28C(2): amended, on , by section 16(3) of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).
- Section 28C(3)(b): amended, on , by section 16(3) of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).
- Section 28C(4): amended, on , by section 16(3) of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).