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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

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

36: Notification of change of name

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"Tell your council if you change your name and own a property"

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If you own a property and your name is in the rating information database, you must tell your local council if you change your name. You only need to do this if your property is listed in the land transfer register and you have officially changed your name in that register. You have one month to tell your local council after you have registered your new name in the land transfer register. Your local council will then update the rating information database with your new name.

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

36Notification of change of name

  1. A person whose name is entered in the rating information database as a ratepayer in respect of a rating unit must notify the relevant local authority of a change in his or her name if—

  2. the entry relates to a rating unit that is entered in the land transfer register; and
    1. the person has registered his or her change of name in that register.

      1. A person to whom subsection (1) applies must notify the relevant local authority within 1 month of the registration of those particulars in the land transfer register, and the rating information database must be updated accordingly.