{"id":4023,"date":"2017-07-06T10:11:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T08:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2019-11-15T10:14:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T08:14:20","slug":"property-law-update-issue-21-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 21 – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

FUTURE RATES IN CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES: NOT PERMITTED SAYS SYSTEMS ACT<\/h2>\n

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality v Amber Mountain Investments 3 (Pty) Ltd (576\/2016) [2017] ZASCA 36 (29 March 2017)<\/h3>\n

Local authorities usually include a certain amount of future (estimated) rates when issuing figures payable for a rates clearance certificate to be issued. This is generally assumed to cover the seller\u2019s future rates liability from the date the certificate is issued up to the time of transfer. In this instance, the municipality charged the rates payable for the full financial year. The question addressed here was whether, for purposes of issuing a rates clearance certificate, the seller of immovable property could legally be held liable to pay the full annual rate on the property or only the rates calculated until the property is transferred.<\/p>\n

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FUTURE RATES IN CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES: NOT PERMITTED SAYS SYSTEMS ACT Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality v Amber Mountain Investments 3 (Pty) Ltd (576\/2016) [2017] ZASCA 36 (29 March 2017) Local authorities usually include a certain amount of future (estimated) rates when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProperty Law Update | Issue 21 - 2017 - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maryna Botha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 21 – 2017\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-06T08:11:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-15T08:14:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/matt-hoffman-Q0AM87PsYkE-unsplash-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Property Law Update\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-21-2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 21 - 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