558What land and bodies may be exempted from water supply special rates and sewerage special rates?

#### 558 What land and bodies may be exempted from water supply special rates and sewerage special rates? 558 What land and bodies may be exempted from water supply special rates and sewerage special rates? > > (1) A council may exempt the following from payment of water supply special rates and sewerage special rates— > > > > > (a) a public reserve, > > > > > (b) a public hospital, > > > > > (c) a public charity, > > > > > (d) land— > > > > > > > (i) that is unoccupied, and > > > > > > > (ii) that is not supplied with water from a council water pipe and is not connected to a council sewer, and > > > > > > > (iii) that the council has determined is unsuitable for the erection of a building because it is liable to flooding or tidal inundation or liable to be affected by a coastal hazard, > > > > > (e) land that, in the opinion of the council, it is impracticable, having regard to the physical features of the land or any unusual cost that may be incurred, to supply with water or connect to the sewer. > > > (2) A council may exempt from payment of water supply special rates land that is within 225 metres of a gravitation or rising water main and that is not connected to the main. > > > (3) A council may exempt from payment of sewerage special rates land that for the time being is not rateable in respect of the water supply special rate. > > > (4) A public hospital that is exempt from payment of water supply special rates is to be supplied with water, and a public charity that is so exempt may be supplied with water, on the following conditions— > > > > > (a) there is to be supplied free of charge— > > > > > > > (i) in the case of a public hospital—300 litres per day (or such greater quantity as the council may determine) for each person resident in the hospital, and > > > > > > > (ii) in the case of a public charity—140 litres per day (or such greater quantity as the council may determine) for each person resident in an institution conducted by the public charity, > > > > > (b) for the purposes of this provision— > > > > > > > (i) an inmate is taken to be resident, and > > > > > > > (ii) the number of persons resident is the average number of persons resident during the year preceding the period in respect of which charges would be payable, and > > > > > > > (iii) the general manager may, at any reasonable time, require the production of the records of the public hospital or public charity to verify the average number, > > > > > (c) the supply is to be through a meter, > > > > > (d) any quantity of water in excess of that which may be supplied free of charge is to be paid for at the charge fixed by the council for excess water. > > > (5) The council may revoke or alter an exemption.