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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Replacement of rates and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters - Amendments, savings, repeals of other enactments, and transitional provisions

139: Transitional provision for rates remission

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"Temporary rules for not collecting rates from people"

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If you are a local authority, you can remit rates as if the Rating Powers Act 1988 was still in force, even after this section starts. This applies until 30 June 2004. However, if you have a long-term plan that starts on 1 July 2003, you can remit rates until 30 June 2005, as if the Rating Powers Act 1988 was still in force. You must treat remitted rates as if they are remitted under this Act. When you remit rates, it means you are not collecting them, and you have to follow the rules of this Act.

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Part 5Replacement of rates and miscellaneous matters
Miscellaneous matters: Amendments, savings, repeals of other enactments, and transitional provisions

139Transitional provision for rates remission

  1. A local authority may remit rates after the commencement of this section as if the Rating Powers Act 1988 were in force.

  2. Subsection (1) applies until the close of 30 June 2004.

  3. Despite subsection (2), a local authority that has adopted a long-term plan for a period beginning on 1 July 2003 may remit rates, as if the Rating Powers Act 1988 were in force, until the close of 30 June 2005.

  4. Rates that are remitted under subsection (1) must be treated as if they are remitted rates under this Act.

Notes
  • Section 139(2A): inserted, on , by section 11 of the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 66).
  • Section 139(2A): amended, on , by section 50 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 124).