MUNICIPAL BOARDS ACT Sanitary Boards changed to Municipal Boards · 2022 Revised Edition
14. Board may exempt certain property
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Board may exempt from payment of any rate any house, building or land the annual value whereof is less than $500 if the same is the sole rateable property of the owner, or any house or hut which shall be occupied rent free by labourers employed at any plantation or mine.
house
“house” includes dwelling-house, warehouse, office and shop, also schools and any other buildings in which persons are employed;
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Terms defined in s 2
building
Defined · s 2“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of a human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage or bridge;
house
Defined · s 2“house” includes dwelling-house, warehouse, office and shop, also schools and any other buildings in which persons are employed;
owner
Defined · s 2“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the land or premises in connection with which the word is used whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so receive the same if such land or premises were let to a tenant; and in any case in which such person cannot be found or makes default includes also the occupier, if any, of such land or premises;