A local authority cannot make you pay a lump sum contribution to a capital project unless they have asked you to do so under section 117F and you have chosen to do so under section 117H. You have to be given the option to pay the lump sum contribution. The local authority must follow these rules when asking you to pay a lump sum contribution to a capital project.
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117B: Local authority may fund capital project by lump sum contributions, or
"Councils can fund big projects using one-off payments from ratepayers."
117D: Consequences for local authority if capital project funding plan adopted, or
"What happens to the local council if they adopt a plan to fund a big project"
No local authority may require a ratepayer to pay a lump sum contribution to a capital project unless—
