Rates Remission Policy for Properties Affected by a Natural Calamity

Rangitikei District Council has a Rates Remission Policy, which can cover remissions on rates for properties affected by a Natural Calamity, such as floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and storms.

The Objective of this Policy is:

To assist ratepayers experiencing extreme financial hardship due to a natural calamity that affects their ability to pay rates.

Conditions and criteria when applying this Policy are:

The property has been affected by a single event where erosion, subsidence, submersion, or other natural calamity has affected the use or occupation of any rating unit. The policy does not apply to erosion, subsidence, submersion, etc that may have occurred without a recognised major event.

The Council may, at its discretion, remit all or part of any rate assessed on any rating unit so affected by natural calamity.

The Council may require financial or other records to be provided as part of the remission approval process.

Remissions approved under this policy do not set a precedent and will be applied only for each specific event and only to properties affected by that event.