The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This order is administered by the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions, and Transport.

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.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal Act
4	Section 3 amended (Rates rebate)
5	Revocation
6	Saving
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Order

1 Title

This order is the Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2025.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 July 2025.

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 “$31,510” with “$32,210”.

(2)

In section 3(1)(b), replace “$790” with “$805”.

5 Revocation

The Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2024 (SL 2024/43) is revoked.

6 Saving

A ratepayer’s entitlement to a rebate for a rating year ending before 1 July 2025, 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 2025, 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 $31,510 to $32,210; and
increases the maximum rates rebate from $790 to $805.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 10 April 2025.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2025 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2026 (SL 2026/84): clause 5

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