Liability for rates and water and sewerage charges, &c.
32 Liability for rates and water and sewerage charges, &c.
Despite the Local Government Act 2019:
(a) where the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) has acquired land within a local government area and there is a dwelling on the land or the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) proposes to erect a dwelling on that land, that land is rateable as mentioned in section 218 of the Local Government Act 2019; and
(b) the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) is liable for payment of a charge made by the Council of a local government area for a service provided for the removal of night-soil or garbage in respect of the land on which a dwelling is situated.
(2) A statement in writing by the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) that it proposes to erect a dwelling, or that it does not propose to erect a dwelling, on land specified in the statement is, for the purposes of this section, conclusive evidence as to that fact.
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