Notifications to be given by ratepayers
231 Notifications to be given by ratepayers
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person becomes the principal ratepayer for a particular allotment within a council area; and
(b) the person does not, within 28 days of doing so, give the CEO written notice of that fact and of the person's postal address.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is the principal ratepayer for a particular allotment within a council area; and
the person's postal address changes; and
(c) the person does not, within 28 days of the change, give the CEO written notice of the new address.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person ceases to be the principal ratepayer for a particular allotment within a council area; and
(b) the person does not, within 28 days of doing so, give the CEO written notice of that fact.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.
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