Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1933

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Realisation of credit notes.

7.—(1) Every credit note issued under this Act by the council of a county or an urban district to any person which is tendered by such person on or before the 31st day of March, 1934, in or towards payment of any rate made on such person by such council in respect of the service of the local financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1933, or any previous local financial year, shall be accepted and taken by such council as a payment of money to the amount of such credit note.

(2) Every person to whom a credit note is issued under this Act by the council of a county or an urban district and who has, before or after or partly before and partly after the passing of this Act, paid all rates for the service of the local financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1933, made on him by such council in respect of any agricultural land situate in the rating area of such council, shall be entitled, on delivering such credit note to such council on or before the 31st day of March, 1934, to be repaid by such council so much of the said rates so paid by him as is equal to the amount of such credit note.

(3) A person to whom a credit note is issued under this Act may claim the benefit of sub-section (1) of this section in respect of part of the amount of such credit note and the benefit of sub-section (2) of this section in respect of the residue of such amount, and whenever such claim is made the said sub-sections shall respectively apply to the respective parts of the amount of such credit note as if each such part were the whole amount of a credit note.