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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Replacement of rates and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters

136: Notification

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"How councils must tell you things in writing"

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When you get a notice from your local council, it must be in writing. You can get the notice in different ways, such as someone giving it to you personally, or it being sent to you by post, fax, or electronically. If you have told the council your postal address, they will send it there.

If the council posts a notice to you, you are considered to have received it within 7 days. If they send it to your fax number or electronic address, you are considered to have received it within 2 days. You can prove you did not receive the notice if it was not your fault that you did not get it, and in that case, it will not be treated as received.

The council can also send you a rates assessment or rates invoice in the same ways, and the same rules apply to when you are considered to have received them. You can look at the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 and other related laws, such as the law referenced in s 253, for more information about how notices and documents are delivered.

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Miscellaneous matters

136Notification

  1. This section applies to the notification of a matter and the delivery of a notice, including a rates assessment or rates invoice.

  2. The notice must be in writing and must be sent or delivered—

  3. personally; or
    1. by post addressed to the person at the person’s—
      1. postal address, as notified to the local authority by the person; or
        1. last known business or residential address; or
        2. by fax addressed to the person at the person’s fax number; or
          1. by any other means (including electronic means) acceptable to the person.

            1. A notice that is posted to a person must be treated as received by that person not later than 7 days after the date on which it is posted.

            2. A notice that is sent to a person at a fax number or electronic address must be treated as received by that person not later than 2 days after the date on which it is sent.

            3. However, a notice must not be treated as received if the person to whom it is posted or sent proves that it was not received, otherwise than through fault on the person’s part.

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