Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

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29 Objections to rating information database

(1)

A person who is named in the rating information database as a ratepayer may object to the information contained in the database on 1 or more of the following grounds:

(a)

that a rating unit included in the district valuation roll has been omitted from the database:

(b)

that information included in the district valuation roll has been omitted from, or inaccurately entered in, the database:

(c)

that information included in the database, other than information entered from the district valuation roll, is incorrect:

(d)

that there has been a failure to enter a lawful amendment to the district valuation roll into the database.

(1A)

A person who is named in the rating information database as the ratepayer for a separate rating area or its underlying rating unit may also object to the information contained in the database on the ground that the apportionment of rates fails to comply with section 98B.

(2)

Objections must be lodged with the local authority.

(3)

A local authority must notify the objector in writing of its decision on an objection and, if the objection is upheld,—

(a)

correct the entry in the rating information database; and

(b)

advise the ratepayer that the correction has been made.

(4)

A person may not object under this section to the correctness or otherwise of any information contained in the database that relates to an objection to the valuation of a rating unit under the Rating Valuations Act 1998.

(5)

Subsection (4) is for the avoidance of doubt.

Compare: 1988 No 97 s 116

Section 29(1A): inserted, on 1 July 2021, by section 18 of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 12).

Section 29(4): added, on 28 June 2006, by section 6 of the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 28).

Section 29(5): added, on 28 June 2006, by section 6 of the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 28).