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54: Building consent authority must advise applicant of amount of levy payable
or “The building office must tell you how much money you need to pay before they say yes to your building plans.”
You could also call this:

“You don't have to pay the building fee if your project costs less than a certain amount.”

You don’t have to pay a levy when you apply for a building consent if the building work you want to do costs less than a certain amount. This amount is called the prescribed minimum estimated value. The government decides what this amount is. If your building work costs more than this amount, you might need to pay a levy as mentioned in section 53.

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or “You don't need to pay more money for building work unless the cost of the work changes after you've already paid.”
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Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Building levy

55Exemption from levy

  1. Despite section 53, an applicant for a building consent is not liable to pay a levy if the building work for which the building consent is issued has an estimated value of less than the prescribed minimum estimated value (if any).

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