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Building Act 2004

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

243: Regional authorities may impose fee or charge and recover costs, and must collect levy

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“Regional officials can ask for money for their work and must collect money for the government.”

Regional authorities can charge you fees for certain services under this law. They can charge you for giving you a project information memorandum or for doing other jobs the law requires them to do.

If the regional authority has to do building work because of something in section 156, they can make you pay for it if you’re the owner.

The regional authority must also collect a levy that you need to pay to the chief executive. This levy is mentioned in section 53.

If you need to pay a fee for a service, the regional authority can refuse to do the job until you pay. This means they won’t start the work until you’ve paid the fee.

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

243Regional authorities may impose fee or charge and recover costs, and must collect levy

  1. A regional authority—

  2. may impose a fee or charge (or both)—
    1. for issuing a project information memorandum under section 34; or
      1. for performing any other function or service under this Act; and
      2. may recover its costs from the owner if it carries out building work under section 156; and
        1. must collect the levy an applicant is liable to pay to the chief executive under section 53.

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

          Notes
          • Section 243 heading: amended, on , by section 19(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).
          • Section 243(1): replaced, on , by section 19(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).
          • Section 243(1)(a): amended, on , by section 64 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).