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2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 17th day of March 2014 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 259(1)(da) to (dd) of the Local Government Act 2002, His Excel- lency the Governor-General makes the following regulations, acting— (a) (b) on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and on the recommendation of the Minister of Local Government made, in relation to section 259(1)(dc) of that Act, after complying with the requirement speci- fied in section 259(4) of that Act.
Contents Title Commencement Interpretation Application of provisions of these regulations Part 1 Financial reporting Information to be disclosed in financial statements Information about core assets to be disclosed in financial statements in annual report Form of funding impact statement Directions for preparation of funding impact statements Page 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 1 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Part 2 Financial prudence Local authority must disclose performance in relation to benchmarks Benchmarks Disclosure statement in annual plan Disclosure statement in annual report Disclosure statement in long-term plan Form of disclosure in annual report and long-term plan Compliance with formats for disclosure statements Reporting basis Benchmarks Rates affordability benchmark Debt affordability benchmark Balanced budget benchmark Essential services benchmark Debt servicing benchmark Debt control benchmark Operations control benchmark Local government reorganisations and other matters Local authority affected by reorganisation Local Government (Financial Reporting) Regulations 2011 revoked Application, savings, and transitional provisions Schedule 1 Application, savings, and transitional provisions Schedule 2 Forms of funding impact statement Schedule 3 Criteria for measuring benchmark performance in annual report and long-term plan Schedule 4 Annual plan disclosure statement Schedule 5 Annual report disclosure statement Schedule 6 Long-term plan disclosure statement 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 r 3 1 2 3 Regulations Title These regulations are the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Pru- dence) Regulations 2014.
Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 May 2014.
Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Local Government Act 2002 borrowing cost has the same meaning as it does under generally accepted ac- counting practice capital expenditure, in relation to network services, means the value of net- work services constructed by the local authority depreciation has the same meaning as it does under generally accepted ac- counting practice derivative financial instrument has the same meaning as it does under gener- ally accepted accounting practice development contribution has the meaning given to it in section 197(2) of the Act disclosure statement means a statement that discloses a local authority’s per- formance in relation to the benchmarks specified in regulation 10 financial contribution means a payment of money made to a local authority under section 108(2)(a) of the Resource Management Act 1991 high-growth local authority means a local authority whose population is ex- pected to grow at or above the national population growth rate according to the projections of Statistics New Zealand that are the most recent projections at the commencement of— (a) (b) the year to which an annual plan or annual report relates: the first year to which a long-term plan relates net debt means financial liabilities less financial assets (excluding trade and other receivables) network services means infrastructure related to— (a) (b) (c) (d) water supply: sewerage and the treatment and disposal of sewage: stormwater drainage: flood protection and control works: 3 r 4 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 (e) the provision of roads and footpaths other dedicated capital funding means funding received by a local authority that the local authority is required to apply to capital purposes quantified limit means a quantified limit on rates, rates increases, or borrow- ing for a year that is included in a local authority’s financial strategy in accord- ance with section 101A(3)(b)(i) of the Act revaluation of
 property, plant, or equipment means an increase or decrease in the carrying amount of a class of property, plant, or equipment assets as a result of a revaluation targeted rate for metered water supply means a targeted rate levied under section 19 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 vested asset means an asset transferred to a local authority as a result of a sub- division or development and for which the local authority has given no consid- eration or reduced consideration in exchange for the asset year means a period of 12 months ending on 30 June.
4 Application of provisions of these regulations Schedule 1 contains application, savings, and transitional provisions that affect the other provisions of these regulations as from time to time amended, re- pealed, or repealed and replaced (see regulation 26).

Part 1 Financial reporting 5 (1) Information to be disclosed in financial statements This regulation applies to a local authority’s financial statements in its annual plan, annual report, and long-term plan.
(2) A local authority’s statement of comprehensive income must disclose separate- ly the amount of income received or to be received from each of the following sources: (a) (b) (c) rates; and development and financial contributions; and subsidies and grants.

(3) A local authority’s statement of financial position must specify the sum of the amounts of the authority’s investments in council-controlled organisations and in entities listed in section 6(4) of the Act.
(4) The notes to a local authority’s financial statements must specify, in relation to each group of activities, the combined depreciation and amortisation expense for assets used directly in providing the group of activities.

4 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Part 1 r 7 (5) 6 (1) (2) The notes to a local authority’s financial statements must specify the amount of income received or to be received from targeted rates for metered water supply.
Information about core assets to be disclosed in financial statements in annual report This regulation applies to a local authority’s financial statements in its annual report.
The notes to a local authority’s financial statements must disclose the financial information listed in subclause (3) in relation to the following assets: (a) water supply, distinguishing between— (i) (ii) treatment plants and facilities; and other assets (such as reticulation systems): (b) sewerage, distinguishing between— (i) (ii) treatment plants and facilities; and other assets (such as reticulation systems): (c) (d) (e) stormwater drainage: flood protection and control works: roads and footpaths.
(3) The financial information that must be disclosed for each of the assets listed in subclause (2) is— (a) (b) the closing book value: the value of acquisitions made during the relevant financial year, distin- guishing between— (i) (ii) assets constructed by the local authority; and assets transferred to the local authority: (c) the local authority’s most recent estimate of the replacement cost, unless the asset is valued on a historic cost or deemed cost valuation basis.
7 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Form of funding impact statement The funding impact statement to be included in the annual plan in accordance with clause 20 of Schedule 10 of the Act must be in form 1 of Schedule 2.

The funding impact statement to be included in the long-term plan in accord- ance with clause 5 of Schedule 10 of the Act must be in form 2 of Schedule 2.
The funding impact statement to be included in the long-term plan in accord- ance with clause 15 of Schedule 10 of the Act must be in form 3 of Schedule 2.

The funding impact statement to be included in the annual report in accordance with clause 26 of Schedule 10 of the Act must be in form 4 of Schedule 2.

The funding impact statement to be included in the annual report in accordance with clause 30 of Schedule 10 of the Act must be in form 5 of Schedule 2.
5 Part 1 r 8 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 8 Directions for preparation of funding impact statements A funding impact statement prepared by a local authority must comply with the following accounting policies: Timing (a) a method of accounting that is regarded as accrual accounting under gen- erally accepted accounting practice must be used to record the effects of transactions when they occur: Balance (b) the total sources of funding must equal the total applications of funding.
Part 2 Financial prudence 9 Local authority must disclose performance in relation to benchmarks (1) A local authority must include a disclosure statement in its annual plan, annual report, and long-term plan.

(2) Each disclosure statement must— (a) (b) contain the information required by these regulations; and be in the same format as the disclosure statement in— (i) (ii) Schedule 4, for an annual plan: Schedule 5, for an annual report: (iii) Schedule 6, for a long-term plan.
10 Benchmarks The benchmarks are— (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) the rates affordability benchmark (regulation 17): the debt affordability benchmark (regulation 18): the balanced budget benchmark (regulation 19): the essential services benchmark (regulation 20): the debt servicing benchmark (regulation 21): the debt control benchmark (regulation 22): the operations control benchmark (regulation 23).
11 Disclosure statement in annual plan (1) A disclosure statement in an annual plan must disclose the planned perform- ance for each benchmark specified in regulation 10(a) to (e) for the year of the annual plan.

6 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Part 2 r 14 (2) A disclosure statement in an annual plan must present a local authority’s plan- ned performance in relation to the benchmarks in the same format as the table in the disclosure statement in Schedule 4.
12 Disclosure statement in annual report A disclosure statement in an annual report must disclose the actual perform- ance for each benchmark specified in regulation 10 for— (a) (b) the year of the annual report; and each of the 4 years preceding the year of the annual report.
13 Disclosure statement in long-term plan A disclosure statement in a long-term plan must disclose the planned perform- ance for— (a) the benchmarks specified in regulation 10(a) and (b) for each year covered by the long-term plan; and (b) the benchmarks specified in regulation 10(c) to (e)— (i) for the year preceding the first year of the period covered by the long-term plan; and (ii) for each year covered by the long-term plan.
14 Form of disclosure in annual report and long-term plan (1) A disclosure statement in an annual report and in a long-term plan must present the local authority’s performance in relation to a benchmark in a bar graph with the relevant year or years displayed on the horizontal axis.
(2) For the benchmarks specified in regulation 10(a) and (b),— (a) (b) the disclosure statement must include a separate bar graph for the per- formance for each quantified limit on rates, rates increases, and borrow- ing; and the vertical axis of the bar graph must display the unit against which the relevant quantified limit is measured.
(3) For the benchmarks specified in regulation 10(c) to (g),— (a) (b) the vertical axis of the bar graph must display percentage points; and each bar in a graph must be coloured, in accordance with the criteria spe- cified in Schedule 3,— (i) (ii) green, if the local authority has met or expects to meet the bench- mark; or orange, if the local authority has not met or does not expect to meet the benchmark.
7 Part 2 r 15 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 15 (1) Compliance with formats for disclosure statements The information displayed in the graphs in the disclosure statements in Sched- ules 5 and 6 is included by way of example only.
A local authority’s disclosure statement must display the information required by these regulations that re- lates to the local authority’s performance in relation to the benchmarks in place of the information displayed in the graphs in the disclosure statements in Schedules 5 and 6.
(2) A disclosure statement may— (a) (b) contain additional information or comments on the disclosure required by these regulations if included where indicated in the appropriate dis- closure statements in Schedules 4 to 6: contain minor variations from the format of the disclosure statements in Schedules 4 to 6 provided the variations are required to present clearly the local authority’s performance in relation to the benchmarks.
16 Reporting basis (1) A local authority must disclose its performance in relation to the benchmarks as a single entity and not include subsidiaries.

(2) However, Auckland Council must disclose, in its disclosure statements, the performance of Auckland Council and its subsidiaries as a single consolidated entity.
Benchmarks 17 Rates affordability benchmark (1) A local authority meets the rates affordability benchmark— (a) (b) if actual or planned rates income for the year equals or is less than each quantified limit on rates; and if actual or planned rates increases for the year equal or are less than each quantified limit on rates increases.
(2) A local authority must disclose its actual or planned performance in relation to the rates affordability benchmark— (a) by comparing— (i) (ii) actual or planned rates income with each quantified limit on rates: actual or planned rates increases with each quantified limit on rates increases: (b) in its annual plan, in a table in the same format as the table in the dis- closure statement in Schedule 4: (c) in its annual report and long-term plan,— 8 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Part 2 r 19 (i) (ii) for each quantified limit on rates, in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Rates (income) affordability” in the disclosure statement in Schedule 5 or 6: for each quantified limit on rates increases, in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Rates (increases) affordability” in the disclosure statement in Schedule 5 or 6.
18 Debt affordability benchmark (1) A local authority meets the debt affordability benchmark for a year if actual or planned borrowing for the year is within each quantified limit on borrowing.
(2) A local authority must disclose its actual or planned performance in relation to the debt affordability benchmark— (a) (b) (c) by comparing actual or planned borrowing with each quantified limit on borrowing: in its annual plan, in a table in the same format as the table in the dis- closure statement in Schedule 4: in its annual report and long-term plan, for each quantified limit on debt, in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Debt affordability benchmark” in the disclosure statement in Schedule 5 or 6.
19 Balanced budget benchmark (1) A local authority meets the balanced budget benchmark for a year if its revenue (excluding development contributions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on derivative financial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) for the year exceeds its operating expenses (excluding losses on de- rivative financial instruments and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) for the year.
(2) A local authority must disclose its actual or planned performance in relation to the balanced budget benchmark— (a) as a percentage calculated by using the following formula: performance = revenue operating expenses (b) (c) in its annual plan, in a table in the same format as the table in the dis- closure statement in Schedule 4: in its annual report and long-term plan, in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Balanced budget benchmark” in the disclosure statement in Schedule 5 or 6.
9 Part 2 r 20 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 20 Essential services benchmark (1) A local authority meets the essential services benchmark for a year if its capital expenditure on network services for the year equals or is greater than depreci- ation on network services for the year.
(2) A local authority must disclose its actual or planned performance in relation to the essential services benchmark— (a) as a percentage calculated by using the following formula: performance = capital expenditure depreciation (b) (c) in its annual plan, in a table in the same format as the table in the dis- closure statement in Schedule 4: in its annual report and long-term plan, in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Essential services benchmark” in the disclosure statement in Schedule 5 or 6.
21 Debt servicing benchmark (1) A local authority meets the debt servicing benchmark for a year if its borrow- ing costs for the year equal or are less than 10% of its revenue (excluding de- velopment contributions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on deriva- tive financial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) for the year.
(2) However, a high-growth local authority meets the debt servicing benchmark for a year if its borrowing costs for the year equal or are less than 15% of its reve- nue (excluding development contributions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on derivative financial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) for the year.
(3) A local authority must disclose its actual or planned performance in relation to the debt servicing benchmark— (a) as a percentage calculated by using the following formula: performance = borrowing costs revenue (b) (c) in its annual plan, in a table in the same format as the table in the dis- closure statement in Schedule 4: in its annual report and long-term plan, in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Debt servicing benchmark” in the disclosure state- ment in Schedule 5 or 6.
10 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Part 2 r 26 22 Debt control benchmark (1) A local authority meets the debt control benchmark for a year if its actual net debt at the end of the year is less than or equal to the net debt planned for the end of the year in its long-term plan.
(2) A local authority must disclose its actual performance in relation to the debt control benchmark— (a) as a percentage calculated by using the following formula: performance = actual net debt planned net debt (b) in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Debt control bench- mark” in the disclosure statement in Schedule 5.
23 Operations control benchmark (1) A local authority meets the operations control benchmark for a year if its actual net cash flow from operations for the year equals or is greater than its planned net cash flow from operations for the year.
(2) A local authority must disclose its actual performance in relation to the oper- ations control benchmark— (a) as a percentage calculated by using the following formula: performance = actual net cash flow from operations planned net cash flow from operations (b) in a graph in the same format as the graph headed “Operations control benchmark” in the disclosure statement in Schedule 5.
Local government reorganisations and other matters 24 Local authority affected by reorganisation (1) A local authority that is affected or created by a local government reorganisa- tion must comply with this Part as it applies to annual reports only to the extent that is reasonably practicable given the circumstances of the reorganisation.

(2) To avoid doubt, this regulation applies subject to clause 43(c) of Schedule 3 of the Act.
25 Local Government (Financial Reporting) Regulations 2011 revoked The Local Government (Financial Reporting) Regulations 2011 (SR 2011/249) are revoked.

26 Application, savings, and transitional provisions The application, savings, and transitional provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect for the purposes of these regulations.
11 Schedule 1 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Schedule 1 Application, savings, and transitional provisions r 26 1 Application of Part 1 Subject to clause 2, Part 1— (a) (b) (c) applies to an annual report that relates to the year that began on 1 July 2013: applies to a long-term plan that covers a period beginning on 1 July 2014: applies to an annual plan that relates to the year beginning on 1 July 2014.
2 Disclosing income from rates and income from targeted rates for metered water supply (1) This clause applies to the requirements— (a) (b) in regulation 5(2)(a) relating to income from rates; and in regulation 5(5) relating to income from targeted rates for metered water supply.

(2) The requirements do not apply to an annual report that relates to the year that began on 1 July 2013.

Subclause (8) applies to the annual report instead.
(3) The requirements do not apply to— (a) (b) (c) an annual report that relates to the year beginning on 1 July 2014: a long-term plan that covers a period beginning on 1 July 2014: an annual plan that relates to the year beginning on 1 July 2014.

(4) A local authority must comply with the requirements in relation to an annual report or annual plan that relates to the year beginning on 1 July 2015 and to a long-term plan that covers a period beginning on 1 July 2015.
(5) Despite subclause (3), a local authority may elect to comply with the require- ments in relation to a plan or report specified in subclause (3).

(6) However, a local authority may elect to comply with the requirements in rela- tion to an annual report that relates to the year beginning on 1 July 2014 only if the local authority has complied with the requirements in relation to the annual plan that relates to that year.
(7) If a local authority elects not to comply with the requirements in relation to a plan or report specified in subclause (3), subclause (8) applies to the plan or report.
(8) A local authority must, in relation to a plan or report to which this subclause applies,— 12 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 1 (a) (b) comply with regulation 4(2)(a) of the Local Government (Financial Re- porting) Regulations 2011 as if those regulations were still in force; and disclose sources of operating funding in the funding impact statements in the manner set out in the Schedule of the Local Government (Financial Reporting) Regulations 2011 as if those regulations were still in force.
3 (1) Application of Part 2 Part 2— (a) (b) (c) applies to an annual report that relates to the year that began on 1 July 2013: does not apply to a long-term plan that covers a period beginning on 1 July 2014: does not apply to an annual plan that relates to the year beginning on 1 July 2014.

(2) Subclause (3) applies to a disclosure statement in an annual report.
(3) Despite regulation 12(b), a local authority is not required to disclose the per- formance for a benchmark for any year preceding the year that began on 1 July 2013 if it is not reasonably practicable for the local authority to gather the data necessary to disclose the performance for the benchmark.
13 Schedule 2 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Schedule 2 Forms of funding impact statement r 7 Form 1 Funding impact statement for annual plan (whole of council) Clause 20, Schedule 10, Local Government Act 2002 [Name of council]: Funding impact statement for [period] (whole of council) *[Year −1] Annual plan ($000) [Year 1] Long-term plan ($000) [Year 1] Annual plan ($000) Sources of operating funding General rates, uniform annual general charge, rates penalties Targeted rates Subsidies and grants for operating purposes Fees and charges Interest and dividends from investments Local authorities fuel tax, fines, infringement fees, and other receipts Total operating funding (A) Applications of operating funding Payments to staff and suppliers Finance costs Other operating funding applications Total applications of operating funding (B) Surplus (deficit) of operating funding (A − B) Sources of capital funding Subsidies and grants for capital expenditure Development and financial contributions Increase (decrease) in debt Gross proceeds from sale of assets Lump sum contributions Other dedicated capital funding Total sources of capital funding (C) Application of capital funding Capital expenditure • to meet additional demand • to improve the level of service • to replace existing assets Increase (decrease) in reserves Increase (decrease) of investments 14 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 *[Year −1] Annual plan ($000) [Year 1] Long-term plan ($000) Schedule 2 [Year 1] Annual plan ($000) Total applications of capital funding (D) Surplus (deficit) of capital funding (C − D) Funding balance ((A − B) + (C − D)) *Specify the actual year of the annual plan and the same year for the long-term plan.
The actual year for [year −1] is the year before the year of the annual plan.

Other information to be included [Include the information specified in clause 20(3) to (5) of Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002 where relevant.]
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n a l p m r e t - * 19 - - ) e s a e r c e d ( e s a e r c n I ) C ( • • • s t n e m t s e v n i f o ) e s a e r c e d ( e s a e r c n I s e v r e s e r n i ) e s a e r c e d ( ) t i c i f e d ( l s u p r u S ) D − C ( ) D ( ) ) D − C ( + ) B − A ( ( e c n a l a b g n d n u F i Schedule 2 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Form 4 Funding impact statement for annual report (group of activities) Clause 26, Schedule 10, Local Government Act 2002 [Name of council]: Funding impact statement for [period] for [group of activities] [Year 1] *[Year −1] Long-term plan ($000) [Year 1] Long-term plan ($000) Actual ($000) Sources of operating funding General rates, uniform annual general charge, rates penalties Targeted rates Subsidies and grants for operating purposes Fees and charges Internal charges and overheads recovered Local authorities fuel tax, fines, infringement fees, and other receipts Total operating funding (A) Applications of operating funding Payments to staff and suppliers Finance costs Internal charges and overheads applied Other operating funding applications Total applications of operating funding (B) Surplus (deficit) of operating funding (A − B) Sources of capital funding Subsidies and grants for
 capital expenditure Development and financial contributions Increase (decrease) in debt Gross proceeds from sale of assets Lump sum contributions Other dedicated capital funding Total sources of capital funding (C) Application of capital funding Capital expenditure • to meet additional demand • to improve the level of service • to replace existing assets Increase (decrease) in reserves Increase (decrease) of investments Total applications of capital funding (D) Surplus (deficit) of capital funding (C − D) Funding balance ((A − B) + (C − D)) 20 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 2 *Specify the actual years.
The actual year for [year −1] is the year before the current year of the long-term plan.

The actual year for [year 1], in both cases, is the year of the long-term plan to which the annual report relates.
21 Schedule 2 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Form 5 Funding impact statement for annual report (whole of council) Clause 30, Schedule 10, Local Government Act 2002 [Name of council]: Funding impact statement for [period] (whole of council) *[Year −1] Annual plan ($000) [Year –1] Annual report ($000) [Year 1] Annual plan ($000) [Year 1] Actual ($000) Sources of operating funding General rates, uniform annual general charge, rates penalties Targeted rates Subsidies and grants for operating purposes Fees and charges Interest and dividends from investments Local authorities fuel tax, fines, infringement fees, and other receipts Total operating funding (A) Applications of operating funding Payments to staff and suppliers Finance costs Other operating funding applications Total applications of operating funding (B) Surplus (deficit) of operating funding (A − B) Sources of capital funding Subsidies and grants for capital expend- iture Development and financial contributions Increase (decrease) in debt Gross proceeds from sale of assets Lump sum contributions Other dedicated capital funding Total sources of capital funding (C) Application of capital funding Capital expenditure • to meet additional demand • to improve the level of service • to replace existing assets Increase (decrease) in reserves Increase (decrease) of investments 22 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 2 *[Year −1] Annual plan ($000) [Year –1] Annual report ($000) [Year 1] Annual plan ($000) [Year 1] Actual ($000) Total applications of capital funding (D) Surplus (deficit) of capital funding (C − D) Funding balance ((A − B) + (C − D)) *Specify the actual years.
The actual year for [year −1], in both cases, is the year before the year of the annual plan.

The actual year for [year 1], in both cases, is the year of the annual plan to which the annual report relates.
23 Schedule 3 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Schedule 3 Criteria for measuring benchmark performance in annual report and long-term plan r 14(3) Benchmark Balanced budget Essential services Debt servicing—high- growth local authorities Debt servicing—other local authorities Debt control Operations control Met Green Greater than or equal to 100% Greater than or equal to 100% Less than or equal to 15% Not met Orange Less than 100% Less than 100% Greater than 15% Less than or equal to 10% Greater than 10% Less than or equal to 100% Greater than or equal to 100% Greater than 100% Less than 100% 24 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 4 Schedule 4 Annual plan disclosure statement r 9(2)(b)(i) Annual plan disclosure statement for year ending 30 June [specify year] What is the purpose of this statement?
The purpose of this statement is to disclose the council’s planned financial perform- ance in relation to various benchmarks to enable the assessment of whether the coun- cil is prudently managing its revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, and general finan- cial dealings.

The council is required to include this statement in its annual plan in accordance with the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 (the regulations).
Refer to the regulations for more information, including definitions of some of the terms used in this statement.
Benchmark Rates affordability benchmark • income Met [Yes/No] Planned [ ] • increases Debt affordability benchmark Balanced budget benchmark Essential services benchmark Debt servicing benchmark [quantified limit on rates] [quantified limit on rates increases] [quantified limit on borrowing] 100% 100% [10/15]% [ ] [ ] [ ]% [ ]% [ ]% [Yes/No] [Yes/No] [Yes/No] [Yes/No] [Include a row in the table in this statement for each quantified limit on rates, for each quantified limit on rates increases, and for each quantified limit on borrowing.]
Notes 1 (1) Rates affordability benchmark For this benchmark,— (a) (b) the council’s planned rates income for the year is compared with [a quantified limit/quantified limits] on rates contained in the financial strategy included in the council’s long-term plan; and the council’s planned rates increases for the year are compared with [a quantified limit/quantified limits] on rates increases for the year con- tained in the financial strategy included in the council’s long-term plan.
(2) The council meets the rates affordability benchmark if— 25 Schedule 4 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 (a) (b) its planned rates income for the year equals or is less than each quanti- fied limit on rates; and its planned rates increases for the year equal or are less than each quanti- fied limit on rates increases.
Debt affordability benchmark For this benchmark, the council’s planned borrowing is compared with [a quantified limit/quantified limits] on borrowing contained in the financial strat- egy included in the council’s long-term plan.

The council meets the debt affordability benchmark if its planned borrowing is within each quantified limit on borrowing.
Balanced budget benchmark For this benchmark, the council’s planned revenue (excluding development contributions, vested assets, financial contributions, gains on derivative finan- cial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) is presented as a proportion of its planned operating expenses (excluding losses on deriva- tive financial instruments and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment).
The council meets the balanced budget benchmark if its revenue equals or is greater than its operating expenses.

Essential services benchmark For this benchmark, the council’s planned capital expenditure on network ser- vices is presented as a proportion of expected depreciation on network services.

The council meets the essential services benchmark if its planned capital ex- penditure on network services equals or is greater than expected depreciation on network services.
Debt servicing benchmark For this benchmark, the council’s planned borrowing costs are presented as a proportion of planned revenue (excluding development contributions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on derivative financial instruments, and re- valuations of property, plant, or equipment).
Because Statistics New Zealand projects that the council’s population will grow [as fast as, or faster than,/slower than] the national population growth rate, it meets the debt servicing benchmark if its planned borrowing costs equal or are less than [10%/15%] of its planned revenue.

2 (1) (2) 3 (1) (2) 4 (1) (2) 5 (1) (2) Additional information or comment [Insert any additional information or comment on the disclosure statement here.]
26 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 5 Schedule 5 Annual report disclosure statement r 9(2)(b)(ii) Annual report disclosure statement for year ending 30 June [specify year] [In the graphs in this statement, specify the actual years on the horizontal axis.

The actual year for [n] is the year of the annual report.

The actual year for [n-1] is the year before the year of the annual report, and so on.
In the graphs that have [*] above each bar, specify the percentage represented by the bar, rounded to the nearest whole per cent, immediately above the bar.

For the graph relating to the debt servic- ing benchmark, specify the percentage represented by the bar, rounded to 1 decimal place.]

What is the purpose of this statement?


The purpose of this statement is to disclose the council’s financial performance in re- lation to various benchmarks to enable the assessment of whether the council is pru- dently managing its revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, and general financial deal- ings.

The council is required to include this statement in its annual report in accordance with the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 (the regulations).
Refer to the regulations for more information, including definitions of some of the terms used in this statement.

Rates affordability benchmark The council meets the rates affordability benchmark if— • • its actual rates income equals or is less than each quantified limit on rates; and its actual rates increases equal or are less than each quantified limit on rates in- creases.
27 Schedule 5 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Rates (income) affordability [Include a graph and an explanatory paragraph for each quantified limit on rates.]

The following graph compares the council’s actual rates income with a quantified limit on rates contained in the financial strategy included in the council’s long-term plan.

The quantified limit is [specify quantified limit on rates, including the unit of measurement].
28 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 5 Rates (increases) affordability [Include a graph and an explanatory paragraph for each quantified limit on rates in- creases.]

The following graph compares the council’s actual rates increases with a quantified limit on rates increases included in the financial strategy included in the council’s long-term plan.
The quantified limit is [specify quantified limit on rates increases, in- cluding the unit of measurement]. ]
t n e m e r u s a e m f o t i n u t r e s n I [ [n-4] [n-3] [n-2] [n-1] [n] Year Quantified limit on rates increase Actual rates increase (at or within limit) Actual rates increase (exceeds limit) 29 Schedule 5 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Debt affordability benchmark The council meets the debt affordability benchmark if its actual borrowing is within each quantified limit on borrowing.
[If there is more than 1 quantified limit on borrowing, include a graph and an explan- atory paragraph for each quantified limit.]

The following graph compares the council’s actual borrowing with a quantified limit on borrowing stated in the financial strategy included in the council’s long-term plan.

The quantified limit is [specify quantified limit on rates, including unit of measure- ment].
30 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 5 Balanced budget benchmark The following graph displays the council’s revenue (excluding development contribu- tions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on derivative financial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) as a proportion of operating ex- penses (excluding losses on derivative financial instruments and revaluations of prop- erty, plant, or equipment).
The council meets this benchmark if its revenue equals or is greater than its operating expenses.

115 110 105 100 95 90 ) % ( e r u t i d n e p x e / e u n e v e R [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [n-4] [n-3] [n-2] [n-1] [n] Year Benchmark met Benchmark not met 31 Schedule 5 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Essential services benchmark The following graph displays the council’s capital expenditure on network services as a proportion of depreciation on network services.
The council meets this benchmark if its capital expenditure on network services equals or is greater than depreciation on network services.
32 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 5 Debt servicing benchmark The following graph displays the council’s borrowing costs as a proportion of revenue (excluding development contributions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on derivative financial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment).
Because Statistics New Zealand projects the council’s population will grow [as fast as, or faster than,/more slowly than] the national population growth rate, it meets the debt servicing benchmark if its borrowing costs equal or are less than [10%/15%] of its revenue.

33 Schedule 5 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Debt control benchmark The following graph displays the council’s actual net debt as a proportion of planned net debt.
In this statement, net debt means financial liabilities less financial assets (excluding trade and other receivables).

The council meets the debt control benchmark if its actual net debt equals or is less than its planned net debt. )
% ( t b e d t e n d e t e g d u B / l a u t c A 104 102 100 98 96 94 92 90 [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [n-4] [n-3] [n-2] [n-1] [n] Year Benchmark met Benchmark not met 34 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 5 Operations control benchmark This graph displays the council’s actual net cash flow from operations as a proportion of its planned net cash flow from operations.
The council meets the operations control benchmark if its actual net cash flow from operations equals or is greater than its planned net cash flow from operations.

m o r f w o l f h s a c t e n t e g d u b / l a u t c A ) % ( s n o i t a r e p o 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [n-4] [n-3] [n-2] [n-1] [n] Year Benchmark met Benchmark not met Additional information or comment [Insert any additional information or comment on the disclosure statement here.]
35 Schedule 6 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Schedule 6 Long-term plan disclosure statement r 9(2)(b)(iii) Long-term plan disclosure statement for period commencing 1 July [specify year] [In the graphs in this statement, specify the actual years on the horizontal axis.

The actual year for [n-1] is the year before the first year of the long-term plan.

The actual year [n] is the first year of the long-term plan, and so on.
In the graphs that have [*] above each bar, specify the percentage represented by the bar, rounded to the nearest whole per cent, immediately above the bar.

For the graph relating to the debt servic- ing benchmark, specify the percentage represented by the bar, rounded to 1 decimal place.]

What is the purpose of this statement?


The purpose of this statement is to disclose the council’s planned financial perform- ance in relation to various benchmarks to enable the assessment of whether the coun- cil is prudently managing its revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, and general finan- cial dealings.

The council is required to include this statement in its long-term plan in accordance with the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 (the regulations).
Refer to the regulations for more information, including definitions of some of the terms used in this statement.

Rates affordability benchmark The council meets the rates affordability benchmark if— its planned rates income equals or is less than each quantified limit on rates; and its planned rates increases equal or are less than each quantified limit on rates increases.
• • 36 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 6 Rates (income) affordability [Include a graph and an explanatory paragraph for each quantified limit on rates.]

The following graph compares the council’s planned rates with a quantified limit on rates contained in the financial strategy included in this long-term plan.

The quanti- fied limit is [specify quantified limit on rates, including the unit of measurement].
37 Schedule 6 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Rates (increases) affordability [Include a graph and an explanatory paragraph for each quantified limit on rates in- creases.]

The following graph compares the council’s planned rates increases with a quantified limit on rates increases contained in the financial strategy included in this long-term plan.

The quantified limit is [specify quantified limit on rates increases, including the unit of measurement].
38 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 6 Debt affordability benchmark The council meets the debt affordability benchmark if its planned borrowing is within each quantified limit on borrowing.

[If there is more than 1 quantified limit on borrowing, include a graph and an explan- atory paragraph for each quantified limit.]
The following graph compares the council’s planned debt with a quantified limit on borrowing contained in the financial strategy included in this long-term plan.

The quantified limit is [specify quantified limit on borrowing, including the unit of meas- urement].
39 Schedule 6 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Balanced budget benchmark The following graph displays the council’s planned revenue (excluding development contributions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on derivative financial in- struments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) as a proportion of plan- ned operating expenses (excluding losses on derivative financial instruments and re- valuations of property, plant, or equipment).
The council meets the balanced budget benchmark if its planned revenue equals or is greater than its planned operating expenses.

40 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Schedule 6 Essential services benchmark The following graph displays the council’s planned capital expenditure on network services as a proportion of expected depreciation on network services.
The council meets the essential services benchmark if its planned capital expenditure on network services equals or is greater than expected depreciation on network ser- vices.
41 Explanatory note Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 Debt servicing benchmark The following graph displays the council’s planned borrowing costs as a proportion of planned revenue (excluding development contributions, financial contributions, ves- ted assets, gains on derivative financial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment).
Because Statistics New Zealand projects the council’s population will grow [as fast as, or faster than,/more slowly than] the national population is projected to grow, it meets the debt servicing benchmark if its planned borrowing costs equal or are less than [10%/15%] of its planned revenue.

Additional information or comment [Insert any additional information or comment on the disclosure statement here.]

Michael Webster, for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 May 2014, require each local authority to disclose certain information in its annual plan, long-term plan, and annual report.

Schedule 1 contains detailed provisions relating to the application of these regulations to plans and reports for the current financial year and subsequent years.
42 2014/76 Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 Explanatory note Part 1—Financial reporting Part 1 prescribes matters that must be specified in the financial statements of local authorities and forms for funding impact statements required by Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002.

Part 1 also includes directions for the preparation of funding impact statements.
Part 1 replaces the Local Government (Financial Report- ing) Regulations 2011 and largely replicates the existing reporting requirements in those regulations.

Changes to the existing reporting requirements include— • • • the local authority’s statement of comprehensive income must disclose the amount of income from all rates.
Previously, the requirement was for the state- ment to disclose the income from rates other than a targeted rate for water sup- ply: the notes to the local authority’s financial statements must specify the amount of income from targeted rates for metered water supply: the local authority’s funding impact statement must identify a new category of capital funding being other funding received by the local authority that the local authority is required to apply to capital purposes.
Part 2—Financial prudence Part 2 of the regulations requires local authorities to include a disclosure statement in every annual report, annual plan, and long-term plan which discloses the local author- ity’s actual or planned performance in relation to certain benchmarks.
For a year, a local authority achieves— • • • • • the rates affordability benchmark if its actual or planned rates income and rates increases for the year do not exceed the local authority’s quantified limits on rates and rates increases: the debt affordability benchmark if its actual or planned borrowing for the year does not exceed the local authority’s quantified limits on borrowing: the balanced budget benchmark if its revenue (excluding development contri- butions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on derivative financial in- struments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equipment) exceeds its oper- ating expenses (excluding losses on derivative financial instruments and re- valuations of property, plant, or equipment): the essential services benchmark if its capital expenditure on network services equals or is greater than depreciation on network services: the debt servicing benchmark if its borrowing costs equal or are less than 10% (or 15% in the case of high-growth local authorities) of its revenue (excluding development contributions, financial contributions, vested assets, gains on de- rivative financial instruments, and revaluations of property, plant, or equip- ment): 43 Explanatory note Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014 2014/76 • • the debt control benchmark if its actual net debt at the end of the year is less than or equal to the net debt planned for the end of the year in its long-term plan: the operations control benchmark if its actual net cash flow from operations for the year equals or is greater than its planned net cash flow from operations.
Schedules 4 to 6 specify the format of the disclosure statement required in an annual plan, an annual report, and a long-term plan respectively.
A disclosure statement in— • • • an annual plan must disclose the local authority’s planned performance for the first 5 benchmarks listed above, in the same format as the table in Schedule 4, for the year of the annual plan: an annual report must disclose the local authority’s actual performance for all 7 benchmarks, in the same format as the bar graphs in Schedule 5, for the year of the annual report and each of the 4 years preceding the year of the annual re- port: a long term plan must disclose the local authority’s planned performance for the first 5 benchmarks, in the same format as the bar graphs in Schedule 6.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 March 2014.

These regulations are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.

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