244Payment by instalment

244 Payment by instalment (1) If a council allows payment of rates by instalment, it does so on condition that each instalment is paid by the due date. (2) If a ratepayer defaults in payment of an instalment by the due date, all remaining instalments become immediately due and payable.

Local Government Act 2019 142 (3) However, a council may relieve a ratepayer, or ratepayers generally, from the consequences of default to an extent decided by (4) At least 28 days before the payment of the second and subsequent instalments falls due, the council must issue a notice for the payment of the instalment (a reminder notice), if practicable, to the principal ratepayer or, if it is not practicable to do so, to any other ratepayer for the allotment. (5) The reminder notice must: (a) state the due date for payment of the instalment; and (b) be given at least 28 days before the due date for payment of the instalment.