THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (RATING) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006.
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
Section.
1. Amendment of section 3 of the principal Act.
2. Amendment of section 20 of the principa Act
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (RATING) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006
An Act to amend the Local Governments (Rating) Act, 2005; to provide that no rate shall be levied in respect of a residential building in an urban area where the owner resides in that residential building; and to provide for the Minister’s approval of the draft valuation list before certification of the list by the chairperson of the valuation court.
DATE OF ASSENT: 24th May, 2006.
Date of Commencement: 8th June, 2006.
BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows:
1. Amendment of section 3 of the principal Act
Section 3 of the Local Governments (Rating) Act, 2005 in this Act referred to as “the principal Act” is amended by insterting immediately after subsection (5) the following—
“(5a) No rate shall be levied in respect of a residential building in an urban area where the owner resides in that residential building”.
2. Amendment of section 20 of the principal Act
Section 20 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection—
“(1) When the valuation court has completed the hearing of all the objections to the draft valuation list and has made such alterations in the draft valuation list as may be necessary to give effect to its findings, the Chairperson shall, with the approval of the Minister, certify and sign the draft valuation list in the form set out in Form D in the Third Schedule to this Act”.