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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Assessment, payment, and recovery of rates and remission, postponement, and write-off of rates - Assessment, payment, and recovery - Rating sales and leases

69: Service of notice

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When you need to give someone a notice under section 68, you must serve it in a certain way. You can serve the notice by giving it to the person directly, which is called personal service. You can also serve the notice by leaving it at, or posting it to, the person's usual address.

If the person is not in New Zealand, but they have an agent or attorney here, you can serve the notice on that agent or attorney. If you do not know the person's address, you can serve the notice by making it public. You can find more information about this in section 68.

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69Service of notice

  1. The notice required under section 68 must be served in one of the following ways:

  2. by personal service:
    1. by being left at, or posted to, the usual address of the person receiving the notice:
      1. if the person receiving the notice is absent from New Zealand, but has an agent or attorney in New Zealand, by being served on the agent or attorney:
        1. if the usual address of the person receiving the notice is unknown, by being publicly notified.