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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RATING) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 60 OF 2005) - SECT 24

24—Amendment of section 166—Discretionary rebates of rates

        (1)         Section 166(1)—after paragraph (l) insert:

            (m)         where the rebate is considered by the council to be appropriate to provide relief in order to avoid what would otherwise constitute—

                  (i)         a liability to pay a rate or charge that is inconsistent with the liabilities that were anticipated by the council in its annual business plan; or

                  (ii)         a liability that is unfair or unreasonable;

            (n)         where the rebate is to give effect to a review of a decision of the council under Chapter 13 Part 2;

            (o)         where the rebate is contemplated under another provision of this Act.

        (2)         Section 166—after subsection (3a) insert:

        (3b)         A council should give reasonable consideration to the granting of rebates under this section and should not adopt a policy that excludes the consideration of applications for rebates on their merits.



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