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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Cost recovery

220: Payment of levies

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"When to pay levies to help with legal complaints"

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You have to pay levies under section 217 or section 219 to the Ministry of Justice by a certain date. The Minister decides this date for each levy. You pay the levy to the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice must put the levy money into the Legal Complaints Review Officer Trust Account. This is what happens to the money you pay under section 217 or section 219. The money goes into a special account. If you do not pay a levy under section 217 or section 219, you owe the Crown money. The Crown can take you to court to get this money back. You can be taken to any court that has the power to deal with this issue.

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Cost recovery

220Payment of levies

  1. Each levy payable under section 217 or section 219 must be paid to the Ministry of Justice by such date as the Minister determines in respect of that levy.

  2. Money paid to the Ministry of Justice by way of levy under section 217 or section 219 must be lodged in the Legal Complaints Review Officer Trust Account.

  3. Every levy under section 217 or section 219 is recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.