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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

70: Rating unit may be sold or leased

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"What happens if you don't pay your rates: your property can be sold or leased"

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If you have not paid all the amounts you owe within 6 months after the notice date, the Registrar of the High Court may sell or lease your rating unit. This is done in accordance with sections 71 to 74. The Registrar follows these rules to sell or lease the unit.

The Registrar can charge a fee for selling or leasing the rating unit, which is set by regulations made under section 156 of the Senior Courts Act 2016. You have to pay this fee before the Registrar starts the work to sell or lease the unit. The Registrar can require you to pay the fee before they begin the process.

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Part 3Assessment, payment, and recovery of rates and remission, postponement, and write-off of rates
Assessment, payment, and recovery: Rating sales and leases

70Rating unit may be sold or leased

  1. If all the amounts set out in section 68(2)(b) have not been paid within 6 months after the date of the notice that is required under section 68(1), the Registrar of the High Court may, in accordance with sections 71 to 74, sell or lease the rating unit.

  2. The Registrar may charge a fee for the sale or lease of the rating unit that is fixed by regulations made under section 156 of the Senior Courts Act 2016.

  3. The Registrar may charge the fee, and require the fee to be paid, before the work required of the Registrar in effecting the sale or lease is begun.

Notes
  • Section 70(2): amended, on , by section 183(b) of the Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48).
  • Section 70(3): inserted, on , by section 4 of the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 65).