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Building Act 2004

Building - Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents - Building levy

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

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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55: Exemption from levy, or

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

57: Payment of levy if building work completed in stages, 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. ”

Part 2 Building
Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Building levy

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

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 14 April 2005, by section 7(2)(a) of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).