Part 2
Building
Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents:
Building levy
62Territorial authority may recover unpaid levies from applicant for building consent
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).
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—
- in monthly instalments at the monthly basic lending rate of the territorial authority's bank; and
- 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.