14Payment of rates

14 Payment of rates

14 Payment of rates

(1) A notice, in or to the effect of the prescribed form, of:

(a) the amount of the rate imposed in respect of any land, and

(b) the date on which the rate is due and payable to and recoverable by the board,

shall be given to the person liable to pay the rate.

(2) A rate is due and payable to and recoverable by the board:

(a) on a date specified in a notice given under this section, or

(b) at the expiration of 28 days after the notice is given,

whichever is the later.

(3) The amount specified in a notice given under this section is payable to such person or bank, building society or credit union as is specified in the notice.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the amount of any rate due may, if the board so directs, be paid by instalments.

s 14: Am 1950 No 35, sec 2 (k); 1957 No 40, sec 3 (j). Subst 1985 No 195, Sch 1 (12). Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1.