Pre-conditions of sale
65 Pre-conditions of sale
(1) Before selling an allotment for non-payment of rates, the Corporation must give notice to the principal ratepayer for the allotment at the address recorded in the assessment record.
The notice must:
state the period for which rates have been in arrears; and
(b) state the amount of rates currently outstanding on the allotment; and
(c) warn that if that amount is not paid in full within a stated period (which must not be less than 30 days) after the date of the notice, the Corporation will sell the allotment for non-payment of rates.
A copy of the notice must be given to:
any other person with a registered interest in the allotment; and
(b) if the allotment is held from the Territory under a lease – the Minister administering the legislation under which the lease was granted.
(4) If the whereabouts of a person to whom a notice (or copy) is required to be given is, after reasonable inquiries, not ascertained by the Corporation, the notice may be given by:
(a) publishing it in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the Territory; and
(b) leaving a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place at the allotment.
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