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Local Government Act 2002

Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities - Development contributions - Contributions may be required by territorial authorities

199N: Objector’s right to apply for judicial review unaffected

You could also call this:

“You can still ask a court to check a decision even after objecting to a development fee”

This part of the law is about your rights when you disagree with a development contribution. A development contribution is money you might have to pay to your local council for things like new roads or parks when you build something.

If you object to a development contribution, you can ask for it to be reviewed by a special person called a development contributions commissioner. This law says that even after the commissioner makes a decision, you still have the right to ask a court to look at that decision. This is called a judicial review.

The law wants to make sure you know that going through the objection process with the commissioner doesn’t take away your right to go to court if you’re still not happy with the result.

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Topics:

Government and voting > Local councils

Housing and property > Land use

199M: Residual powers of territorial authority relating to development contribution objection decision, or

“What a council can do after someone else decides about a building fee”

199O: Territorial authority to provide administrative support for development contributions commissioners, or

“Council must give office help to special commissioners”

Part 8 Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities
Development contributions: Contributions may be required by territorial authorities

199NObjector’s right to apply for judicial review unaffected

Nothing in this subpart affects the right of an objector to a development contribution to apply for judicial review of a decision made by a development contributions commissioner.

Notes

Section 199N: inserted (with effect on 1 July 2014), on 7 August 2014, by section 55 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).