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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities of territorial authorities - Functions, duties, and powers of territorial authorities generally

219: Territorial authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy

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“Local councils can ask for money and must collect a fee when you want to build something or use their building services.”

You can be charged a fee by your local council for things related to building permits. This includes when you apply for a building permit and when the council does other tasks under the Building Act.

The council must also collect money from you that you need to pay to the government. This money is called a levy. You can find out more about this levy in section 53 of the Building Act.

If you need to pay a fee or levy to the council for something they do under the Building Act, they can refuse to do that task until you pay. This applies to any fee, charge, or levy they ask for.

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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of territorial authorities: Functions, duties, and powers of territorial authorities generally

219Territorial authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy

  1. A territorial authority—

  2. may impose a fee or charge (or both)—
    1. in relation to a building consent; and
      1. for the performance of any other function or service under this Act; and
      2. must collect the levy which an applicant is liable to pay to the chief executive under section 53.

        1. If a fee, charge, or levy is payable to a territorial authority for the performance of a function or service under this Act, the territorial authority may refuse to perform the function or service, unless the fee, charge, or levy is paid.

        Notes
        • Section 219(1)(a): amended, on , by section 59 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).