New Zealand Institute for the Blind Rating Exemption Act 1935 No 3 (as at 03 September 2007), Private Act

New Zealand Institute for the Blind Rating Exemption Act 1935

Private Act1935 No 3
Date of assent25 October 1935

An Act to exempt certain Lands and Buildings for the time being vested in and used by The New Zealand Institute for the Blind for the Care and Assistance of Blind Persons situated in the City of Auckland from the Liability for Payment of certain Rates, and to authorize the Auckland City Council to remit certain Rates heretofore charged or levied against The New Zealand Institute for the Blind in respect of such said Lands and Buildings.

  • Preamble

    WHEREAS The New Zealand Institute for the Blind (hereinafter called the Institute), a separate institution under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1926, owns and conducts an institution in the City of Auckland for the care and assistance of blind persons: And whereas it has heretofore been doubtful whether the lands and buildings used for such purposes were exempt from rating and the Institute has not been paying rates thereon save only rates levied or charged in connection with water supplied by the Auckland City Council (hereinafter called the Council) for and in respect of the said lands and buildings: And whereas the Council has now been advised that the said lands and buildings rateable and it is desirable to expressly exempt the said lands and buildings from all rates (save only rates levied or charged in connection with water supplied to the Institute for or in respect of the said lands and buildings) and to make such exemption retrospective:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—