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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Assessment, payment, and recovery of rates and remission, postponement, and write-off of rates - Remission, postponement, and write-off - Power of chief executive to write off rates

90B: Chief executive may write off rates of deceased owners of Māori freehold land

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"Council can cancel unpaid rates on Māori land if the owner has passed away"

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The chief executive of your local council can write off some or all of the unpaid rates on Māori freehold land. This can happen when the owner of the land has passed away and the person who now owns the land is responsible for paying the rates. The council must tell the ratepayer if they decide to write off any of the unpaid rates.

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Part 3Assessment, payment, and recovery of rates and remission, postponement, and write-off of rates
Remission, postponement, and write-off: Power of chief executive to write off rates

90BChief executive may write off rates of deceased owners of Māori freehold land

  1. The chief executive of a local authority may, in respect of a rating unit of Māori freehold land, write off all or part of the outstanding rates that—

  2. are payable by a person beneficially entitled to a deceased owner’s beneficial interest in the land; and
    1. were payable by the deceased owner at the death of the owner.

      1. The local authority must give notice to the ratepayer of any write-off.

      Notes
      • Section 90B: inserted, on , by section 41 of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).