51Application for classification or review of classification

51 Application for classification or review of classification

51 Application for classification or review of classification

(1) A liable person may apply to the council at any time:

(a) to have the person’s land classified as being within a particular property sector for the purposes of this Act, or

(b) for a review of a classification by the council of the person’s land or the effective date for the classification (or both).

(2) An application:

(a) must be in a form approved by the council, and

(b) must include a description of the land, and

(c) must nominate the property sector that the applicant considers the land should be within (if a different classification is sought), and

(d) must set out the reasons why the applicant considers the land should be within that property sector, and

(e) must nominate the effective date for the classification that is sought by the applicant, and

(f) must be accompanied by the fee (if any) charged by the council for the application.

(3) If the council has reasonable grounds for believing that the land does not meet the requirements for classification for the nominated property sector, or that the effective date for classification nominated is not appropriate, it may notify the applicant of any further information it requires in order to decide the application.

(4) The regulations may prescribe a maximum fee that may be charged by a council for making an application under this section.