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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

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

35: When name of ratepayer entered in rating information database may be removed

You could also call this:

"When can your name be removed from the council's rating records?"

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The local authority can remove your name from the rating information database if you tell them about a change in your circumstances under sections 31 to 33. You do this by giving them notice, which is like sending them a message about what has changed. The local authority will then update their records.

The local authority can also remove your name if they check the land transfer register and see that your name is no longer on it for a particular property. This means you are no longer listed as the owner of that property. Your name will then be removed from the rating information database for that property.

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

35When name of ratepayer entered in rating information database may be removed

  1. The name of a person who is entered as a ratepayer in the rating information database must not be removed unless—

  2. notice has been given to the relevant local authority under sections 31 to 33; or
    1. the relevant local authority is satisfied that the name has been removed from the land transfer register, if the entry relates to a rating unit that is entered in that register.