Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

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28C: Owner of rating unit and ratepayer for separate rating area entered on database may require local authority to withhold information from database

You could also call this:

"You can ask the council to keep your name and address private on their rating records."

If you own a rating unit or are a ratepayer for a separate rating area, you can ask the local authority to keep your name or postal address private. You make this request in writing, and you do not have to give a reason for it. The local authority must then remove your details from their database as soon as they can.

When the local authority removes your details, they will let you know that they have done so. You can change your mind at any time and ask the local authority to put your details back on the database. If you do this, the local authority will restore your details as soon as they can.

You can find more information about this in the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, which was amended by the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2004 and the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021.

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28COwner of rating unit and ratepayer for separate rating area entered on database may require local authority to withhold information from database

  1. 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.

  2. An owner or ratepayer who makes a request under subsection (1)—

  3. must make the request in writing; but
    1. is not required to provide reasons for the request.
      1. On receipt of a request, the local authority must, as soon as practicable,—

      2. remove the relevant particulars from the database; and
        1. notify the owner or ratepayer who made the request of the removal of his or her particulars.
          1. 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).