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Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

Water supply and wastewater services for Auckland - Rating of land and assets owned by Auckland water organisation

73: Rating of land and assets owned by Auckland water organisation

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"Rates for land and assets used for Auckland's water supply and wastewater services have special rules."

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If you own land in Auckland and it is used for water supply or wastewater services, there are rules about how much you pay in rates. The amount of rates you pay for this land cannot be more than what you would pay if you were only paying rates on the land's value. You can find more information about how rates are assessed in section 13 or section 16 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002. If an Auckland water organisation owns an asset used for water supply or wastewater services, but it is situated on land they do not own, this asset is not considered rateable property for the purposes of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002.

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Part 5Water supply and wastewater services for Auckland
Rating of land and assets owned by Auckland water organisation

73Rating of land and assets owned by Auckland water organisation

  1. Subsection (2) applies to land owned by an Auckland water organisation and used for the purposes of providing water supply or wastewater services within Auckland.

  2. The total amount of any rates assessed under section 13 or 16 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 for the land must not exceed the amount of rates that would otherwise have been assessed if each of the rates had been assessed on the land value only of every rating unit liable for the rates.

  3. For the purposes of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, a water supply or wastewater services asset that is owned by an Auckland water organisation and is situated in or on any land not owned by the organisation is deemed not to be rateable property.

Notes
  • Section 73: added, on , by section 31 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 36).