Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

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

32: Notification of surrender or termination of lease or licence

You could also call this:

"Telling the council when a lease or licence ends or changes"

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If you own a rating unit and have made a statutory declaration under section 11(4)(a), or provided a certified copy of the record of title under section 11(4)(b), you must tell the local authority if the lease or licence is surrendered or terminated, or if you can renegotiate the rent. You need to notify them about these changes. This is so the local authority has the correct information about your rating unit.

If you are a ratepayer under section 11(2), you can also tell the local authority about these changes by making a statutory declaration. When you give notice, it is proof that you should be named as the ratepayer for your unit in the rating information database and the district valuation roll, unless someone can prove otherwise.

You should be aware that telling the local authority about these changes helps keep their records up to date.

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31: Notification of change of ownership of rating unit, or

"Tell the council when you buy or sell a property"

33: Notification of transfer or assignment of lease or licence, or

"Tell the council if you sell or give away your lease or licence"

Part 2Rating information database and rates records
Notification of change in circumstances

32Notification of surrender or termination of lease or licence

The owner of a rating unit who has made a statutory declaration under section 11(4)(a), or provided a certified copy of the record of title under section 11(4)(b) must notify the local authority if—
the lease or licence in relation to which the declaration has been made, or record of title applies, has been surrendered or terminated; or
an opportunity to renegotiate the rent or other payments has occurred.

A person who is a ratepayer under section 11(2) may notify the local authority (by means of a statutory declaration) of the matters set out in subsection (1).
Notice given under subsection (1) or subsection (2) is, unless the contrary is proved, sufficient evidence that the owner of the rating unit must be named as the ratepayer for that unit in the rating information database and the district valuation roll.

Notes

Section 32(1): amended, on 12 November 2018, by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
Section 32(1)(a): amended, on 12 November 2018, by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).