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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 - Abandoned land

78: Court may order sale or lease of abandoned land

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"Court can sell or lease land if it's been abandoned by its owner"

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If you own land that is considered abandoned, the District Court can make some decisions about it. The court can decide that the land is abandoned if it is satisfied that certain rules have been followed and the land does not fit the description in section 62A(1). The court can then give the local authority permission to sell or lease the land, following the rules in sections 79 to 83, and the court can also decide how the land should be advertised.

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Part 3Assessment, payment, and recovery of rates and remission, postponement, and write-off of rates
Assessment, payment, and recovery: Abandoned land

78Court may order sale or lease of abandoned land

  1. If the District Court is satisfied that section 77 has been complied with and the land is not land described in section 62A(1), it may make an order to—

  2. declare the land to be abandoned; and
    1. authorise the local authority to sell or lease the land under sections 79 to 83, subject to any advertising requirements that the court thinks appropriate.

      Notes
      • Section 78: amended, on , by section 39 of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).