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110: Refund of money and return of land where activity does not proceed
or “When a planned activity doesn't happen, you can get your money or land back, but the council might keep some to cover their costs.”
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“Rules for spending money given for special reasons when allowing building or other activities”

When you give money to a consent authority as part of your resource consent, they must use it for the reasons they asked for it. The consent authority is a group that decides if you can do certain things with land or resources. They might ask for money to help with things related to your project. For example, if you want to build something, they might ask for money to improve the roads nearby. The law says they have to use the money in a way that makes sense for why they collected it. They can’t just spend it on whatever they want. This rule helps make sure the money is used fairly and for the right reasons.

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or “If you get permission to use certain resources from the coast or use geothermal energy, you must pay rent or fees to the council.”
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Decisions on applications relating to non-aquaculture activities

111Use of financial contributions

  1. Where a consent authority has received a cash contribution under section 108(2)(a), the authority shall deal with that money in reasonable accordance with the purposes for which the money was received.

Notes
  • Section 111: amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).
  • Section 111: amended, on , by section 27 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 104).
  • Section 111: amended, on , by section 60 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).