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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities of building consent authority that is not territorial authority or regional authority

240: Building consent authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy

You could also call this:

“The council can ask you to pay money for building permits and other services, and they must collect a special fee for the government.”

You can be charged a fee by a building consent authority when you apply for a building consent or when they provide other services under the Building Act. The building consent authority must also collect a levy that you need to pay to the chief executive.

If you don’t pay the fee, charge, or levy, the building consent authority can refuse to do the work for you. However, even if you don’t pay, the building consent authority still has to give certain information to the territorial authority.

The building consent authority can ask you to pay before they do any work for you. This helps make sure they get paid for their services.

Remember, these rules are part of the Building Act 2004. If you want to know more about the levy you need to pay to the chief executive, you can look at section 53 of the Act. Also, if you’re curious about what information the building consent authority must give to the territorial authority, you can check section 238.

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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of building consent authority that is not territorial authority or regional authority

240Building consent authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy

  1. A building consent authority—

  2. may impose a fee or charge (or both) payable by a member of the public—
    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 for 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 building consent authority for the performance of a function or service under this Act, the building consent authority may refuse to perform the function or service, unless the fee, charge, or levy is paid.

        2. A failure by a person to pay a fee, charge, or levy does not affect the duty of a building consent authority under section 238 to provide copies of certain information to the territorial authority.

        Notes
        • Section 240(1)(a): amended, on , by section 63 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).