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61: Chief executive may recover unpaid levies from territorial authority
or “The government can get money owed by a local council for building fees, plus extra for being late.”
You could also call this:

“If you don't pay your building fee on time, the council can make you pay it back with extra money added.”

If you apply for a building consent and don’t pay the levy (or part of it) when you’re supposed to, the territorial authority can take action. They can make you pay the money you owe them, plus interest. The interest is calculated monthly using the basic lending rate of the territorial authority’s bank. They start counting the interest from the day you were meant to pay until the day you actually pay. The territorial authority can treat this as a debt that you owe them and can take steps to collect it from you.

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Next up: 63: Chief executive may obtain information in order to assess amount of levy payable

or “The boss can ask for details about building costs to work out how much money people should pay”
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Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Building levy

62Territorial authority may recover unpaid levies from applicant for building consent

  1. The consequence specified in subsection (2) applies if an applicant for a building consent fails to pay a levy or part of a levy under section 53 by the time referred to in section 53(2)(b)(ii).

  2. The consequence is that the territorial authority may recover, as a debt due from the applicant, the amount of those levies and any interest on that amount calculated—

  3. in monthly instalments at the monthly basic lending rate of the territorial authority's bank; and
    1. for the period of each month, or part of a month, starting on the date payment is due and ending on the date payment is made.

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