South Australian Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RATING) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 60 OF 2005) - SECT 31

31—Amendment of section 270—Council to establish grievance procedures

        (1)         Section 270(2)—after paragraph (c) insert:

            (ca)         in the case of applications that relate to the impact that any declaration of rates or service charges may have had on ratepayers—the provision to be made to ensure that these applications can be dealt with promptly and, if appropriate, addressed through the provision of relief or concessions under this Act;

        (2)         Section 270—after subsection (7) insert:

        (8)         A council must, on an annual basis, initiate and consider a report that relates to—

            (a)         the number of applications for review made under this section; and

            (b)         the kinds of matters to which the applications relate; and

            (c)         the outcome of applications under this section; and

            (d)         such other matters as may be prescribed by the regulations.

        (9)         The right of a council to recover rates is not suspended by an application for the provision of some form of relief or concession with respect to the payment of those rates (but a council may then, if appropriate in view of the outcome of the application, refund the whole or a part of any amount that has been paid).