Certificates
339 Certificates
(1) A council must, on application by a person with a proper interest in land within the council's area, issue a certificate containing:
(a) details of outstanding rates and charges due to the council in relation to the land; and
(b) details of statutory notices and orders issued by the council in relation to the land.
(2) If a person, acting on faith in the certificate, purchases land or lends money on mortgage over the land, the council is estopped as against that person from disputing the correctness of the certificate.
(3) For this section, a person has a proper interest in land if the person is:
an owner or occupier of the land; or
a purchaser or prospective purchaser of the land; or
a mortgagee or prospective mortgagee of the land; or
a person acting for any of the above.
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