Pre-conditions of sale
259 Pre-conditions of sale
(1) Before the council sells land for non-payment of rates, it must give a notice to the principal ratepayer for the land at the address appearing in the assessment record:
stating the period for which rates have been in arrears; and
stating the total amount currently outstanding on the land; and
(c) warning that if that amount is not paid in full within a stated period (at least 1 month) after the date of the notice, the council intends to sell the land for non-payment of rates.
A copy of the notice must be given to:
any other person with a registered interest in the land; and
(b) if the land is a pastoral lease or other lease granted by the Territory, or a mining tenement – the Minister administering the legislation under which the lease or mining tenement was granted.
(3) If the whereabouts of a person to whom a notice (or copy) is not ascertained by the council after reasonable inquiries, the notice may be given by:
(a) publishing it in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the Territory; and
leaving a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the land.
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