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497What is the structure of a rate?
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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—
(a) an ad valorem amount (which may, in accordance with section 548, be subject to a minimum amount of the rate), or
(b) a base amount to which an ad valorem amount is added.
s 497: Am 1996 No 69, Sch 2 [1].