Local Government Act 1993

A statutory authority which has power to make rates based on the valuation list under the Valuation of Land Act 2001 may enter into an agreement with a council for the council to collect the rates on its behalf.

An agreement may contain a provision that the statutory authority is to pay the council a commission for the collection of the rates.

If a council agrees to collect rates on behalf of a statutory authority, the council may – incorporate the rates with its own rates; and recover the rates under Division 10 as if they were a debt due to the council.