Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)Chapter 3 : Liability for Rates25. Payment of rates on property in sectional title schemes |
| (1) | A rate levied by a municipality on a sectional title unit is payable by the owner of the unit or the holder of a right contemplated in section 25 of 27 of the Sectional Titles Act. |
[Subsection (1) amended by section 16 of Act No. 29 of 2014
| (2) | A municipality may not recover the rate on a sectional title unit, or on a right contemplated in section 25 or 27 of the Sectional Titles Act registered against the sectional title unit, or any part of such rate, from the body corporate controlling a sectional title scheme, except when the body corporate is the owner of any specific sectional title unit, or the holder of such right. |
[Subsection (2) amended by section 16 of Act No. 29 of 2014
| (3) | A body corporate controlling a sectional title scheme may not apportion and collect rates from the owners of the sectional title units in the scheme. |
| (4) | This section must be read subject to section 92. |