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Local Government Act 1974

Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways - Formation, alteration, stopping, and closing of roads

319B: Allocation of property numbers

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"How councils give special numbers to houses and buildings in their area"

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When you live in a house or a building, it gets a special number. The council can give a number to any area of land or building in its district. They can also change the number if they need to. You might wonder why this happens. It's for things like elections, mail, and other important purposes. The council has to follow the rules and give numbers as needed.

If a Chief Surveyor asks the council to give a number to a piece of land or a building, the council must do it. The council also has to tell the Chief Surveyor about the numbers they give out. This is so everyone knows what numbers have been allocated to which areas of land or buildings.

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Part 21Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways
Formation, alteration, stopping, and closing of roads

319BAllocation of property numbers

  1. For electoral, postal, and other purposes the council may allocate a number to any area of land or building or part of a building within its district and may change the number allocated to any such area of land or building.

  2. The council shall comply with any request from a Chief Surveyor to allocate a number to or change the number of any area of land or building or part of a building in its district.

  3. The principal administrative officer shall advise the Chief Surveyor of the land district in which the land or building is situated of the numbers allocated under subsection (1) or subsection (2).

Notes
  • Section 319B: inserted, on , by section 29 of the Local Government Amendment Act 1985 (1985 No 60).