Rating Amendment Act 1974

Public Act		1974 No 117
Date of assent		8 November 1974

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Notification of change of ownership or occupancy
3	Metrication
	Schedule Metrication of Provisions of Rating Act 1967
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Rating Act 1967

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Rating Amendment Act 1974, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Rating Act 1967 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Notification of change of ownership or occupancy

(1)

Section 49(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:

“Provided that where a solicitor or other duly authorised agent acted on behalf of the owner or occupier in the transaction, the notice required to be given under this subsection shall be given by that solicitor or agent.”

(2)

Section 49(2) of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:

“Provided that where a solicitor or other duly authorised agent acted on behalf of that person in the registration of that instrument, the notice required to be given under this subsection shall be given by that solicitor or agent.”

3 Metrication

The principal Act is hereby further amended in the manner indicated in the Schedule to this Act.

Schedule Metrication of Provisions of Rating Act 1967

Section 3

Section of Principal Act Amended	Amendment
Section 4(3) (as added by section 3(1) of the Rating Amendment Act 1970)	By omitting from paragraph (c) the words “100 acres”, and substituting the words “41 hectares”.
Section 7(2)	By omitting the word “acreage”, and substituting the word “area”.
Section 10(3)	By omitting the word “acreage”, and substituting the word “area”.
Section 118(1)	By omitting the words “three acres”, and substituting the words “1.2 hectares”.
Section 119(2)	By omitting the words “three acres” in both places where they occur, and substituting in each case the words “1.2 hectares”.
Section 120(2)	By omitting from paragraph (a) and also from paragraph (b) the words “three acres”, and substituting in each case the words “1.2 hectares”.
Section 135	By omitting from the heading preceding this section the words “Three Acres”, and substituting the words “1.2 Hectares”.
Section 135	By omitting from subsection (1) the words “three acres” in both places where they occur, and substituting in each case the words “1.2 hectares”.

Clause of First Schedule Amended	Amendment
Clause 4	By omitting the words “four acres”, and substituting the words “1.62 hectares”.
Clause 6	By omitting the words “four acres”, and substituting the words “1.62 hectares”.
Clause 9(1)	By omitting the words “four acres”, and substituting the words “1.62 hectares”.
Clause 14	By omitting the words “five acres”, and substituting the words “2.03 hectares”.
Clause 16	By omitting the words “five acres”, and substituting the words “2.03 hectares”.

This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.

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