Postal Address:

If you change your postal address, please advise the rates department immediately. If you have received a letter from the Council or a building consent at your new address this does not automatically mean that the change of address has been recorded in the rating records. Changes of address may also be noted on the remittance advice and sent in with your payment.

Change of Ratepayer's Name:

If you change your name, a copy of the legal document recording the name change (marriage certificate or deed poll certificate) must be produced.

Change of Ownership or Occupier:

When a property is sold, leased or transferred, a notice of change of ownership form is sent to the Council by the solicitors at the time of settlement. The Rating Powers Act requires both parties to give notice of the change of ownership to the Council within one month of the change occurring. Generally, one party undertakes to give notice to the Council.