South Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 143

143—Writing off bad debts

        (1)         A council may write off any debts owed to the council—

            (a)         if the council has no reasonable prospect of recovering the debts; or

            (b)         if the costs of recovery are likely to equal or exceed the amount to be recovered.

        (2)         A council must not write off a debt under subsection (1) unless the chief executive officer has certified—

            (a)         that reasonable attempts have been made to recover the debt; or

            (b)         that the costs of recovery are likely to equal or exceed the amount to be recovered.

        (3)         If a council delegates the power to write off debts under this section, the council must set an amount above which the delegation will not apply.