If you are a building consent authority, you can keep 3% of the levies you have to pay under section 58 or 59 in any month. You can find more information about this in section 58 or section 59. However, this rule is also subject to section 61, which may affect how it works.

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59: Liability to pay levy: territorial authority, or

"Councils must pay a levy when they approve a building plan"

61: Chief executive may recover unpaid levies from territorial authority or stand-alone building consent authority, or

"The chief executive can get back unpaid levies from councils or building consent authorities that don't pay on time."

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

60Building consent authority may retain part of levy

A building consent authority may retain 3% of the levies for which the authority is liable, under section 58 or 59, in any month.
Subsection (1) is subject to section 61.

Notes

Section 60: replaced, on 26 November 2024, by section 7 of the Building (Earthquake-prone Building Deadlines and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 49).