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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Lump sum contributions - Elections to make lump sum contribution

117I: Lump sum contribution invoice

You could also call this:

"Invoice for a one-time payment to help fund a local project"

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If you have chosen to make a lump sum contribution to a local authority's capital project, this law applies to you. The local authority will send you an invoice for the contribution, which might be for the full amount or for each instalment if you are paying in parts. You will get this invoice at least one month before the payment is due.

The invoice for your lump sum contribution will be a separate document from your regular rates invoice, but you might get them at the same time. The local authority must make sure you get the invoice early enough so you know how much to pay and when.

You can find more information about how this law was changed by looking at the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2006, which added this section to the law on 28 June 2006.

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Part 4ALump sum contributions
Elections to make lump sum contribution

117ILump sum contribution invoice

  1. This section applies to a rating unit in respect of which the eligible ratepayer has elected to make a lump sum contribution to a local authority’s capital project.

  2. The local authority must deliver to the ratepayer in respect of the rating unit—

  3. an invoice for the full contribution, if the lump sum contribution is to be paid in one amount; or
    1. an invoice for each instalment, if the lump sum contribution is to be paid in instalments.

      1. An invoice must be delivered to the ratepayer no later than 1 month before the date on which payment is due (being the date specified in the invitation concerned).

      2. An invoice—

      3. must be a separate document from any rates invoice delivered to the ratepayer; but
        1. may be delivered at the same time as the rates invoice.

          Notes
          • Section 117I: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 28).