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Local Government Act 2019
255Overdue rates to be charge on land
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255 Overdue rates to be charge on land (1) Subject to subsection (2), if rates are not paid by the due date, the rates become a charge on the land to which the rates relate. (2) Rates do not become a charge over land: (a) unless the owner of the land is a ratepayer who is liable for the rates that are in arrears; or (b) within an Aboriginal community living area.