Local Government (Savings and Transitional) Act 1993
47ARates and charges
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47A Rates and charges
(1) Any rates or charges made by a council between 1 September 1994 and the commencement of the Local Government Amendment (Rates and Charges) Act 1995 are valid as if they had been made in accordance with section 90(1) of the Local Government Act 1993 .
(2) [Section 47A Subsection (2) amended by No. 102 of 2001, Sched. 2, Applied:28 Jun 2002] Any rate made by a council on or after 17 January 1994 until the commencement of the Local Government Amendment (Rates and Charges) Act 1995 under section 90 of the Local Government Act 1993 based on a supplementary valuation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001 is valid.
(3) Any separate rate made by a council under the Local Government Act 1962 before 17 January 1994 is valid until the earlier of the following dates:
(a) the date on which the separate rate ceases to apply;
(b) 30 June 1996.