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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 713

Sale of land for unpaid rates and charges

713 Sale of land for unpaid rates and charges

(1) For the purposes of this Division, a rate or charge is overdue if--
(a) in the case of vacant land, it has remained unpaid for more than one year, or
(b) in the case of any other land, it has remained unpaid for more than 5 years,
from the date on which it became payable.
(2) A council may, in accordance with this Division--
(a) sell any land (including vacant land) on which any rate or charge has remained unpaid for more than 5 years from the date on which it became payable, and
(b) sell any vacant land on which any rate or charge has remained unpaid for more than one year but not more than 5 years from the date on which it became payable, but only if--
(i) the council obtains a valuation of the land from the Valuer-General, and
(ii) the total amount of unpaid rates or charges on the land exceeds the valuation, and
(iii) the council sells the land within 6 months after the date when the council received the valuation.
(3) The council must not sell any such land unless the general manager or the public officer certifies in writing--
(a) what rates and charges (including overdue rates and charges) are payable on the land, and
(b) when each of those rates and charges was made and how it was levied, and
(c) when each of those rates and charges became payable, and
(d) what amounts are payable by way of overdue rates and charges on the land, and
(e) what amounts are payable by way of rates and charges (other than overdue rates and charges) on the land.
(4) The council may, in the case of adjoining parcels of land (whether in the same or different ownerships) each of which may be sold under this Division--
(a) sell them separately or as a single parcel and under whatever conditions of sale it considers proper, and
(b) do such things as it considers appropriate for the purpose of selling the land at its full value.



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