Local Government Act 1993
543Each form of rate and each charge to have its own name
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543 Each form of rate and each charge to have its own name
543 Each form of rate and each charge to have its own name
(1) A council must, when making an ordinary rate, give a short separate name for each amount of the ordinary rate.
(2) A council must, when making a special rate, give the special rate a short name.
(3) A council must, when making a charge, give a short separate name for each amount of the charge.
Note.
The names given to the ordinary rate could include names like—
Farmland—Ordinary
Farmland—Poultry farms
Residential—A
Residential—B
The names given to special rates could include names like—
Upper Smithtown water rate
Lower Smithtown water rate
Leisure centre—primary rate
Leisure centre—secondary rate
The names given to charges could include names like—
Waste management services—domestic
Waste management services—commercial