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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.
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> > (2) A council must, when making a special rate, give the special rate a short name.
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> > (3) A council must, when making a charge, give a short separate name for each amount of the charge.
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> Note.
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> The names given to the ordinary rate could include names like—
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> > Farmland—Ordinary
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> > Farmland—Poultry farms
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> > Residential—A
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> > Residential—B
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> The names given to special rates could include names like—
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> > Upper Smithtown water rate
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> > Lower Smithtown water rate
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> > Leisure centre—primary rate
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> > Leisure centre—secondary rate
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> The names given to charges could include names like—
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> > Waste management services—domestic
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> > Waste management services—commercial