217Levy

1. The New Zealand Law Society, in its regulatory capacity, and the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers, in its regulatory capacity, must, in respect of each financial year, pay to the Ministry of Justice a levy to meet—

2. the actual and anticipated cost to the Crown of the performance, in the financial year to which the levy relates, of the functions of the Legal Complaints Review Officer; and
3. any unanticipated cost to the Crown of the performance, in the financial year to which the levy relates, of the functions of the Legal Complaints Review Officer.

4. The cost to the Crown of the performance of the functions of the Legal Complaints Review Officer includes—

5. the remuneration and allowances payable under clause 4 of Schedule 3 to the Legal Complaints Review Officer and each Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer; and
6. the cost of the accommodation and services provided under clause 5 of Schedule 3.

7. The amount of the unanticipated cost referred to in subsection (1)(b) is not to exceed 10% of the actual and anticipated cost referred to in subsection (1)(a).

8. The rate of the levy—

9. is to be determined in respect of each financial year by the Minister after consultation with the New Zealand Law Society and the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers; and
10. is, in the case of the New Zealand Law Society, to be based on the number of practitioners who hold current practising certificates issued by that society; and
11. is, in the case of the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers, to be based on the number of practitioners who hold current practising certificates issued by that society.

12. The Minister must, on determining the rate of the levy, give written notice to each society of both the rate of the levy and the date by which the levy is required to be paid to the Ministry of Justice.