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Does KiwiRail pay rates on vacant land it owns?

Brent Hubbard made this Official Information request to KiwiRail

The request was successful.

From: Brent Hubbard

Dear KiwiRail,

Does your organisation pay Auckland Council or other local body rates on all the vacant (i.e. untenanted) land it owns?

Yours faithfully,

Brent Hubbard

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From: OCU
KiwiRail

Good morning Brent

 

We acknowledge receipt of the below Official Information Act 1982 request.

 

Under the Act, KiwiRail has up to 20 working days from the date of
receiving your request to respond.  Therefore, you can expect a response
on or before Tuesday 2 May 2017.

 

This calculation takes into account KiwiRail receiving your request
outside business hours, and the Easter and Anzac statutory holidays.

 

We will be in touch with you if it is necessary to clarify any aspect of
your request.

 

Regards,

Official Correspondence Unit

KiwiRail

 

 

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From: OCU
KiwiRail

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Dear Mr Hubbard

 

Thank you for your email to KiwiRail of 29 March 2017, in which you make
the following request:

 

·         Does your organisation pay Auckland Council or other local body
rates on all the vacant (i.e. untenanted) land it owns?

 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

For land that is categorised as rateable under the Local Government
(Rating) Act 2002, KiwiRail pays local body rates regardless of the land’s
tenancy status.  You can access the Act at
[1]http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publi....

 

Thank you again for your request.  Under section 28(3) of the Official
Information Act you have the right to complain to an Ombudsman about this
decision.  Please refer to [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz for more
information.

 

Regards,

Official Correspondence Unit

 

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From: OCU
Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:56 a.m.
To: '[FOI #5637 email]'
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Does KiwiRail pay rates on
vacant land it owns?

 

Good morning Brent

 

We acknowledge receipt of the below Official Information Act 1982 request.

 

Under the Act, KiwiRail has up to 20 working days from the date of
receiving your request to respond.  Therefore, you can expect a response
on or before Tuesday 2 May 2017.

 

This calculation takes into account KiwiRail receiving your request
outside business hours, and the Easter and Anzac statutory holidays.

 

We will be in touch with you if it is necessary to clarify any aspect of
your request.

 

Regards,

Official Correspondence Unit

KiwiRail

 

 

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BAW Russell left an annotation ()

I Don't think this is a good response. essentially they're saying they pay rates on land they pay rates. I'd follow up to ask if there is land they don't pay rates on and get details

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Marcus Cook left an annotation ()

Railway land has some non-rateable status:
Land occupied by the New Zealand Railways Corporation, or by a railway operator, that is—

(a)
part of the permanent way of the railway, being land on which is sited any railway line together with contiguous areas of land that are occupied incidentally and not otherwise used; or
(b)
used, solely or principally, for the loading or unloading of goods or passengers on to or from trains situated on the railway line

If you have a specific piece of land you're considering, you could ask that?

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