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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 221

Service charges on non-rateable land

    (1)     A Council may impose in relation to any land in its municipal district which is not rateable land an annual service charge for any of the following services which the Council provides or which the Council is prepared and able to provide—

S. 221(1)(a) repealed by No. 30/2022 s. 5(1).

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S. 221(1)(b) substituted by No. 30/2022 s. 5(2).

        (b)     waste, recycling or resource recovery services;

S. 221(1)(c) repealed by No. 30/2022 s. 5(1).

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        (d)     any other prescribed service.

    (2)     The service charge under this section may be imposed on the basis of any criteria specified by the Council.

    (3)     A Council may declare in relation to any land in its municipal district which is not rateable land and is not Crown land a special rate or charge in respect of street construction.

    (4)     The provisions of Part 8 which relate to special rates and charges apply to a special rate or charge under subsection (3) with any necessary adaptations.

    (5)     A special rate or charge under subsection (3) may be declared and levied together with a special rate or charge under section 163.

    (6)     If a private street (within the meaning of section 575(1) of the Local Government Act 1958 ) is constructed wholly or partly at the cost of the owners or occupiers of any land which abuts or fronts the street, the Council may not at any future time recover any further costs in respect of the construction of a component of the private street if that component has been previously constructed to the satisfaction of the Council from the owners or occupiers of the land under this section as a special rate or special charge.

S. 222 amended by Nos 22/1992 s. 18, 109/2003 s. 12(2)(c), substituted by No. 67/2008 s. 74, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 360(e).

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S. 223(1) amended by No. 125/1993 s. 37(1)(b), substituted by No. 67/2008 s. 75(1).



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