South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts187—Certificate of liabilities
(1) A council must, on
application by or on behalf of a person who has an interest in land within the
area, issue to that person a certificate stating—
(a) the
amount of any liability for rates or charges on the land imposed under this
Part or Schedule 1B (including rates and charges under this Part or
Schedule 1B that have not yet fallen due for payment, and outstanding
interest or fines payable in respect of rates and charges under this Part or
Schedule 1B); and
(b) any
amount received on account of rates or charges on the land imposed under this
Part or Schedule 1B that is held in credit against future liabilities for
rates or charges in relation to the land.
(2) A person has an
interest in land for the purposes of this section if and only if that person
is—
(a) the
owner of a registered estate or interest in the land; or
(b) an
occupier of the land; or
(c) a
person who has entered or declares to the council that he or she proposes to
enter into a contract to purchase the land; or
(d) a
mortgagee or prospective mortgagee of the land.
(3) An application for
a certificate under this section—
(a) must
be in writing; and
(b) must
identify the land to which the application relates; and
(c) must
state the nature of the applicant's interest in the land; and
(d)
should be directed to the chief executive officer of the council; and
(e) must
be accompanied by the fee fixed under this Act.
(4) If a certificate
is issued under this section, the council is, as against the person to whom it
is issued, estopped from asserting that any liabilities to the council for
rates or charges on the land under this Part or Schedule 1B existed, as
at the date of the certificate, in respect of the land to which the
certificate relates beyond the liabilities disclosed in the certificate.
(5) Except as provided
by subsection (4), a council incurs no liability in respect of a
certificate issued under this section.