Dunedin City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Amendment Act 1990
Dunedin City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Amendment Act 1990
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Dunedin City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Amendment Act 1990
Dunedin City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Amendment Act 1990
Local Act |
1990 No 4 |
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Date of assent |
28 June 1990 |
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An Act to amend the Dunedin City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Act 1986
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Dunedin City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Amendment Act 1990, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Dunedin City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Act 1986 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Interpretation
(1)
Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, before the definition of the term “Council”
, the following definition:
“‘Acquisition for development purposes’ means the acquisition by way of purchase of an estate or interest in land which the Council is satisfied is intended to be the subject of a development whether by the purchaser of that estate or interest or by a subsequent purchaser of that estate or interest:”.
(2)
Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the term “development”
, and substituting the following definition:
“‘Development’ means the construction, erection, or alteration of any building or buildings, fixed plant and machinery, or other works, intended to be used solely or principally for industrial or commercial or administrative purposes (including, but not by way of limitation, hotels, motels, and other transient accommodation), or any combination of those purposes, where the estimated cost of the construction, erection, or alteration will exceed $250,000.”
3 Further power to remit or postpone rates
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 3, the following section:
“3a
“(1)
In addition to its powers under section 3 of this Act, the Council may, by resolution, as a means of encouraging development in its district, remit or postpone for such time as it thinks fit the payment of any rates in respect of any rateable property (within the meaning of the Rating Powers Act 1988) which has been purchased not more than 12 months before the date of the Council’s resolution in circumstances amounting to an acquisition for development purposes.
“(2)
The provisions of subsections (2) to (4) of section 3 of this Act shall apply in respect of any application for remission or postponement of rates under this section as if the application had been made under the said section 3.”
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