Rates Act 2004
52Additional grounds for revocation of deferral
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52 Additional grounds for revocation of deferral determination (1) Each of the following circumstances is a ground for revocation of a deferral determination made under section 46 (Determination for deferral of rates on application) in relation to a parcel of land: (a) if each person to whom the determination relates was a pensioner when the determination was made—each person stops being a pensioner;
(b) if the determination relates to 2 or more people, each of whom was a pensioner when the determination was made— (i) 1 or more, but not all of them, stops being a pensioner; and (ii) the revocation of the determination is not likely to cause substantial hardship to them; (c) if each person to whom the determination relates was not a pensioner when the determination was made—the revocation of the determination is not likely to cause substantial hardship to a person to whom the determination relates; (d) a person to whom the determination relates fails to comply with a request under section 58 (Information about deferral determination); (e) each person to whom the determination relates who ordinarily lived on the parcel when the application for the determination was made has stopped ordinarily living on the parcel; (f) each person to whom the determination relates has stopped being an owner of the parcel; (g) if the determination relates to the person or people mentioned in section 46 (2) (f)—the owner’s or owners’ equity in the parcel is less than the determined percentage. (2) Each of the following circumstances is a ground for revocation of a deferral determination made under section 47 (Determination for deferral of rates without application) in relation to a parcel of land: (a) each person to whom the determination relates has stopped being an owner of the parcel; (b) the owner has entered into a tenancy agreement in relation to the parcel; (c) the circumstances in relation to which the determination was made no longer exist or have changed.
determined percentage—see section 46 (2) (f) (ii). income, of an owner—see section 46 (10). tenancy agreement, in relation to a parcel of land—see section 47 (6).