The purpose of this Act is to promote the purpose of local government. You can find this purpose in the Local Government Act 2002. This Act does this by giving local authorities flexible powers to set and collect rates.
This means local authorities can make decisions about rates in a transparent and consultative manner. They must also provide processes and information to help ratepayers understand how much they need to pay.
The Act also aims to facilitate the administration of rates in a way that supports the principles set out in the Preamble to the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993.
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1: Title, or
"What the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 is about"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.
