Pursuant to section 3(2) of the Rates Rebate Act 1973, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Specified amounts replaced

4 Revocation

5 Savings

Order

1 Title

This order is the Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2013.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 July 2013.

3 Specified amounts replaced

(1) In the Rates Rebate Act 1973, section 3(1)(a)(ii), replace “$23,650” with “$23,870”.

(2) In the Rates Rebate Act 1973, section 3(1)(b), replace “$590” with “$595”.

4 Revocation

The Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2012 (SR 2012/103) is revoked.

5 Savings

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

Rebecca Kitteridge,
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 2013, amends section 3(1) of the Rates Rebate Act 1973. Section 3(1) provides for the payment of rates rebates to certain residential ratepayers. This order increases the maximum rebate from $590 to $595 and the income abatement threshold for calculating rebates from $23,650 to $23,870.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 16 May 2013.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2013 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ .

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2014 (LI 2014/170): clause 4

Rates Rebate (Specified Amounts) Order 2013