What the official record says
This Act is the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force as follows: the following provisions come into force on : : : : to : to : : to : : : : : and : : : : the rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date of Royal assent. This Act amends the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 (the ). Replace section 3 with: The purpose of this Act is to— promote the purpose of local government set out in the Local Government Act 2002 by— providing local authorities with flexible powers to set, assess, and collect rates to fund local government activities: ensuring that rates are set in accordance with decisions that are made in a transparent and consultative manner: providing for processes and information to enable ratepayers to identify and under