Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016

A new council’s notional general income for 2016/2017 is to be determined by adding together the amount of general income for each of the former areas in the area of the new council, determined as if the amalgamation effected by this Proclamation had not taken place.

Any variation of a former council’s notional general income under Part 2 of Chapter 15 of the Act that would have been applicable, had an amalgamation effected by this Proclamation not taken place, to the determination of the amount of rates and charges for land within the area of a new council during a particular period continues to apply to the determination of rates and charges in respect of that land.