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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Rating information database and rates records - Notification of change in circumstances

30: Interpretation

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"What words in the law mean, like 'relevant local authority' and 'territorial authority'"

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When you read sections 31 to 36, the term 'relevant local authority' refers to the territorial authority where the rating unit is located. You can think of a territorial authority as the local council that looks after the area where the rating unit is. If the rating unit is in an area that also has a regional council, then the relevant local authority includes the regional council as well.

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Notification of change in circumstances

30Interpretation

  1. In sections 31 to 36, relevant local authority means—

  2. the territorial authority in whose district the rating unit is situated; and
    1. if the rating unit is situated in the region of a regional council, the regional council.