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55: Exemption from levy
or “You don't have to pay the building fee if your project costs less than a certain amount.”
You could also call this:

“You don't need to pay more money for building work unless the cost of the work changes after you've already paid.”

You only need to pay the building levy once for your building work after you get your building consent. You won’t have to pay it again unless the estimated cost of your building work changes. If the cost does change, you might need to pay more or less levy.

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or “ When you build in steps, you need to count the cost of earlier work when figuring out how much to pay for the building fee. ”
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Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Building levy

56Payment of levy sufficient unless estimated value of building work changes

  1. If a levy has already been paid for building work for which a building consent is granted, no further levy is payable for that building work unless its estimated value changes.

Notes
  • Section 56: amended, on , by section 7(2)(a) of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).