"Helping Local Communities by Funding Their Activities"
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, assess, and collect rates to fund local government activities.
This Act also ensures that rates are set in a transparent and consultative manner. This means that local authorities must make decisions about rates in a way that is open and fair. The Act also provides processes and information to help ratepayers understand how much they need to pay in rates.
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. This means that the administration of rates must be done in a way that is consistent with these principles.
"What the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 is about"
Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
Reprint as at:
2025-07-01
Assent:
2002-03-30
Commencement:
see section 2
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.