LAGOS STATE LAND USE CHARGE LAW, 2001

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EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS LAW HAS BEEN REPEALED FIRST BY THE LAND USE CHARGE LAW OF LAGOS STATE, 2018 AND LAND USE

LAND USE CHARGE LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Land Use Charge

2.       Property liable to charge

3.       Identification or assessment of a property

4.       Persons liable to pay charge

5.       Value of annual Charge rate

6.       Payment of Charge

7.       Properties exempted from payment of Land Use Charge

8.       Loss of exemption

9.       Land Use Charge Demand Notice

10.     Power to appoint Agent

11.     Indemnification of Agent

12.     Establishment of an Assessment Appeal Tribunal

13.     Power of Assessment Appeal Tribunal

14.     Appeal against Assessment

15.     Conditions of Appeal

16.     Land Use Collection Fund

17.     The Commissioner for Finance may apply to a Court to

18.     Non-compliance with the Law, obstruction of officials and damage to property indemnification plaque s

19.     Penalty for inciting a person to refuse to pay Charge

20.     Default in payment of the Land Use Charge

21.     Regulations prescribing procedure

22.     Application of other Laws

23.     Interpretations

24.     Short title

LAND USE CHARGE LAW

A LAW TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL PROPERTY AND LAND BASED RATES AND CHARGES PAYABLE UNDER THE LAND RATES LAW, THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IMPROVEMENT CHARGE LAW AND TENEMENT RATES LAW IN LAGOS STATE INTO A NEW LAND BASED CHARGE, TO BE CALLED PROPERTY LAND USE CHARGE, TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF THE CHARGE AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES.

[Commencement]                                                 [22nd June 2001]

THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:

1.      Land Use Charge

(1)     Subject to the provisions of this Law, there is imposed a land based charge, to be called Land Use Charge which shall be payable on all real properly situate in the State.

(2)     For the purpose of this Law, each Local Government Area in the State will be the collecting authority and it will be the only body empowered to lery and collect Land Use Charge for its area of jurisdiction.

(3)     Each collecting authority may delegate to the State. by written agreement, its functions with respect to the collection of rates and the assessment or privately-owned houses or tenement for the purpose of levying such rate as may be prescribed under this Law.

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