Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2023

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Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2023

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 22nd day of May 2023

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

This order is made under section 3(2) of the Rates Rebate Act 1973 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2023.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 July 2023.

3 Principal Act

Clause 4 amends the Rates Rebate Act 1973.

4 Section 3 amended (Rates rebate)

(1)

In section 3(1)(a)(ii), replace “$28,080” with “$30,100”.

(2)

In section 3(1)(b), replace “$700” with “$750”.

5 Revocation

The Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2022 (SL 2022/169) is revoked.

6 Saving

A ratepayer’s entitlement to a rebate for a rating year ending before 1 July 2023, and the amount (if any) of that rebate, must be determined as if this order had not been made.

Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 July 2023, amends section 3(1) of the Rates Rebate Act 1973. That section provides for a rates rebate for low-income home owners.

This order—

  • increases the income threshold for a rates rebate from $28,080 to $30,100; and

  • increases the maximum rates rebate from $700 to $750.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 25 May 2023.

This order is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.