Arms Act 1983

Miscellaneous provisions - Cost recovery

81: Criteria for cost recovery

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"How the government decides what you pay for some services"

The responsible Minister can recommend making rules under section 86 if they are satisfied with some things. You need to know that the fee or charge must recover no more than the actual costs of the activity. The fee or charge should be similar to what users of the service normally pay, and the costs should be incurred efficiently. The Minister must also be satisfied that the relationship between the costs and the activity is clear. The Minister looks at whether the costs are reasonable and whether the users of the service are paying a fair amount. You should understand that the costs include both direct and indirect costs. The Minister wants to make sure that the fee or charge is fair and that the costs are being used efficiently. The Minister checks that the users of the service are paying a fee that is similar to what they would normally pay. The Minister also checks that the costs are being used in a way that is clear and easy to understand.

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80: Activities that may be subject to cost recovery, or

"Some gun-related activities may have a fee, like getting a licence or police inspections"

82: Consultation, or

"People get a say in new rules about fees and charges"

Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Cost recovery

81Criteria for cost recovery

The responsible Minister may recommend that regulations be made under section 86 only if the responsible Minister is satisfied that,—
subject to the provisions of section 86, the fee or charge recovers no more than the actual and reasonable costs (including both direct and indirect costs) of the activity to which the fee or charge relates; and
the fee or charge for the activity or class of activities to which the fee or charge relates is generally obtained from the users or beneficiaries of the service or class of services to which the activity relates at a level commensurate, as far as practicable, with their use of the service; and
the costs of the activity to which the fee or charge relates are efficiently incurred; and
the relationship between the costs of the activity to which the fee or charge relates and the nature and duration of the activity is clear.

Compare

2008 No 72 s 79C

Notes

Section 81: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 104 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).
Section 81: amended, on 29 June 2025, by section 16(1) of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).
Section 81: amended, on 29 June 2025, by section 16(2) of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).