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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Cost recovery

211: Fees, charges, and levies to constitute debt

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"Unpaid fees and charges are debts you must pay to the government or council."

If you owe a fee, charge, or levy to the government, it is a debt that you must pay. You owe this debt to the chief executive if it is for the Crown. The chief executive can take you to court to get the money back. If you owe a fee or charge to your local council, it is a debt that you must pay to them. Your local council can also take you to court to get the money back. The debt is not gone until you pay it in full, and you still owe it to either the chief executive or your local council.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Cost recovery

211Fees, charges, and levies to constitute debt

  1. Any fee, charge, or levy that has become payable to the Crown is—

  2. a debt due to the chief executive; and
    1. recoverable as a debt by the chief executive in any court of competent jurisdiction.

      1. Any fee or charge that has become payable to a territorial authority is—

      2. a debt due to the territorial authority; and
        1. recoverable as a debt by the territorial authority in any court of competent jurisdiction.

          1. Until the fee, charge, or levy is paid in full, it remains a debt due to the chief executive or the territorial authority, as the case may be.