New Zealand Legislation: Acts

9 Refund to territorial authorities of rebates granted

• (1) Where any ratepayer has been granted a rebate of rates pursuant to section 5 of this Act (including any payment made to the ratepayer pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 8 of this Act) or a refund of rates under section 6 or section 7 of this Act, the Secretary for Local Government shall, on application made to him by the territorial authority on a form provided by him for the purpose, and being satisfied that the rebate or refund has been properly granted in accordance with the provisions of the said section 5, or section 6 or section 7, as the case may be, refund the amount of the rebate or refund to the territorial authority out of money appropriated by Parliament.

  (2) The Secretary for Local Government may from time to time pay to any territorial authority, out of money appropriated by Parliament, such amounts as the Secretary thinks fit by way of advances in anticipation of refunds to be made to the territorial authority pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

  Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 April 1979, by section 5(2) Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 35) by inserting the words “or a refund of rates under section 6 or section 7 of this Act”, “or refund”, “or section 6 or section 7, as the case may be”, and “or refund”, respectively.

  Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 April 1979, by section 5(2) Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 35) by substituting the words “to paragraph (d)” for the words “to paragraph (b)”.