Hawke's Bay Regional Council (Surplus Funds Distribution) Empowering Act 1999

2 Interpretation

• (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  actual payer means a person—

  • (a) who is not a ratepayer; and

  • (b) who, as determined by the Council, has paid rates made by the Council

  Council means the Hawke's Bay Regional Council

  ratepayer means a ratepayer as defined in section 11 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

  territorial authority means a territorial authority the district of which is wholly or partly in the Council's region.

  (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Act have the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1974.

  Section 2(1) ratepayer: substituted, on 1 July 2003, by section 137(1) of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 (2002 No 6).