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281B: Authority may increase fee or charge to meet additional cost
or “The authority can make you pay more if their usual fee doesn't cover their costs, but they must tell you how much extra it will be if you ask.”
You could also call this:

“The people in charge can choose to let you pay less or nothing for their help”

You can ask an authority to waive or refund a fee or charge that they make you pay for a service under this Act. The authority can decide if they want to do this or not. They might waive or refund all of the fee, or just part of it. It’s up to them to choose what they want to do.

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Next up: 281D: Validity of previous fees, charges, and additional costs

or “Rules about old fees and costs still apply, even if they were charged before this law was made”
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Fees, charges, and additional costs

281CAuthority may waive or refund fee or charge

  1. An authority may, in its discretion, waive or refund, in whole or in part, any fee or charge imposed by it for a function or service performed by it under this Act.

Notes
  • Section 281C: inserted, on , by section 65 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).