Victorian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 171A

    (1)     A person who—

        (a)     is suffering financial hardship; or

        (b)     would suffer financial hardship if that person paid the full amount of a rate or charge for which he or she is liable—

may apply to a Council for the waiver of the whole or part of any rate or charge or of any interest imposed for late payment.

    (2)     The Council may require the applicant—

        (a)     to give further particulars; or

        (b)     to verify particulars—

in relation to the application.

    (3)     The Council may grant an application if the Council is satisfied that the applicant is a person who is suffering financial hardship if that person paid the full amount of the rate or charge for which he or she is liable.

    (4)     A person who—

        (a)     gives to a Council any information which is false or misleading in any material particular in respect of an application under this section; or

        (b)     fails to notify a Council of any change in circumstances which is relevant to an application or to a waiver granted under this section—

is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

S. 171B inserted by No. 30/2022 s. 9.