Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
The powers and duties delegated are those of the Council as a "local authority". The delegations under this Act have been made by the Council directly to officers. Restriction: The delegations made under this Act CANNOT BE SUB-DELEGATED
| Section | Summary of Function or Power | Delegated Officers |
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| s27 | Powers and duties in relation to keeping, and maintaining a rating information database and making same available for searching as specified; recording information for different parts of a rating unit as necessary. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s28 | Duties in relation to making the rating information database available for inspection as specified. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s29 | Considering objections to the rating information database. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s35 | Removing names from the rating information database. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s38 | Requesting confirmation from person proposing to inspect rates records. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s39 | Considering objections to the rates record. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s40 | Power to correct an error in the rating information database or rates records. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s41 | Issuing an amended rates assessment where there is an error in rating information database or rates record is corrected and refunding rates where necessary. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s42 | Recovering additional rates from a ratepayer in the circumstances specified. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation |
| s44-49 & 51 | Designing and delivering rates assessments and invoices to ratepayers in accordance with these sections. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s53 | Power (as local authority) to appoint person/local authority to collect the rates they assess. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s54 | Power and duty in relation to decision not to collect small amounts of rates if uneconomic to collect. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s61 | Power to recover rates from the owner of the rating unit if the ratepayer (other than the owner) defaults. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s62 | Power to notify persons identified of the matters specified and accept payment or recover payment as specified. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s63 | Power to commence proceedings to recover as a debt rates unpaid as specified; recover any other unpaid rates in respect of the same rating unit as specified. |
Chief Executive |
| s65 | Duty re commencing action to recover unpaid rates within prescribed time limit. |
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| s66 | Power to consent to the registration of a dealing against a rating unit. |
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| s67 | Power to commence rating sale or lease provisions. |
Chief Executive |
| s72 | Power to consent to the sale or lease of a rating unit by the Registrar by private treaty. |
Chief Executive |
| ss77,79,80, 82, 83 | Powers and duties in relation to abandoned land. |
Chief Executive |
| s80 | Duty, in the case of a sale or lease of abandoned land under s79, re content and execution requirements of the transfer (under the seal of the Council).
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| s82 | Duty to apply the proceeds of sale or lease according to the requirements set out; Power to write off any deficiency in circumstances specified. |
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| s83 | Power to register an instrument executed for abandoned land (whether sale or lease) without the duplicate certificate of title or other document of title being produced as specified. | |
| s85 | Powers and duties re remitting all or part of the rates on a rating unit (including penalties on unpaid rates) in accordance with the Council’s rates remission policy. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s87 | Duties re postponing the requirement to pay all or part of the rates (including penalties for unpaid rates) as specified. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s88 | Power to add a postponement fee to the postponed rates in accordance with its postponement policy. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s90 | Power to register a notice of charge on a rating unit if the local authority has postponed the requirement to pay rates; Duty to register a notice of release of charge if all postponed rates for a rating unit are paid. |
Chief Executive |
| s94 | Power to apply to the Maori Land Court to appoint owner(s) or agent to receive rates assessments and rates invoices in circumstances described; |
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| s97 | Duty to deliver rates assessment and rates invoice to the person actually using the rateable Maori freehold land; Duty to treat person specified as using the whole of the land for the whole of the financial year, unless otherwise specified. |
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| s99 | Power to apply to the Maori Land Court for an order charging unpaid rates against Maori freehold land in circumstances prescribed. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation |
| s108 | Power to apply to the Maori Land Court to enforce a charging order made in circumstances described. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation |
| s111 | Power to apply to the Maori Land Court to make an order for the payment of unpaid rates in the circumstances described. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s112 | Duty to discharge a charging order made in circumstances as described. |
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| s114 | Power to remit all or part of rates (including penalties for unpaid rates) on Maori freehold land in circumstances described. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s115 | Duty to postpone the requirements to pay all or part of the rates on Maori freehold land in circumstances described. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s116 | Power and duties in relation to consenting to an Order in Council made by the Governor-General to exempt Maori freehold land from some or all liability for rates. |
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| s117F | Power to invite ratepayers to make lump sum contributions for a capital project in the manner prescribed. |
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| s117H | Duty to apply targeted rates as prescribed. |
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| s117M | Power to make one recalculation of the lump sum contributions to a capital project; Duty to refund any excess or deliver an invoice for any increase in respect of the lump sum contributions as prescribed. |
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| s117N | Powers and duties re late or non-payment of ratepayers lump sum contribution to a capital project, as specified. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s120 | Duty to notify the Secretary of Local Government of a decision of the Court re setting replacement rates. |
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| s135 | Power to authorise a person to sign documents presented as evidence in any proceedings.
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General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s41A | Issuing an amended rates assessment to give effect to objection to valuation under the Rating Valuations Act 1998 and refunding or recovering money where necessary. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s98A-98F | Making decisions on division into separate rating areas and no longer a separate rating area, apportionment of rates, adjustments, and related functions. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s114A | Remit rates on Maori freehold land under development. |
General Manager Corporate Innovation Manager Finance Rates Lead |
| s90A | Write off outstanding rates that cannot reasonably be recovered. This delegation is made by the CE not Council. |
Manager Finance Rates Lead Rates Rebate Officer |
| s90B | Write off outstanding rates of deceased owners of Maori freehold land. This delegation is made by the CE not Council. |
Manager Finance Rates Lead Rates Rebate Officer |