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#### 497 What is the structure of a rate?
497 What is the structure of a rate?
> A rate, whether an ordinary rate or a special rate, may, at a council’s discretion, consist of—
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> > (a) an ad valorem amount (which may, in accordance with section 548, be subject to a minimum amount of the rate), or
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> > (b) a base amount to which an ad valorem amount is added.
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> **s 497:** Am 1996 No 69, Sch 2 \[1\].