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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Waste disposal levy - Distribution and spending of levy money

32: Spending of levy money by territorial authorities

You could also call this:

"How councils can use levy money to reduce waste"

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When you get levy money as a territorial authority, you can only spend it on things that help reduce waste. You must use it to promote or achieve waste minimisation and follow your waste management and minimisation plan.

You have to think about how your spending decisions will affect existing waste minimisation services, facilities, and activities when you decide how to use the levy money you received under section 31.

You need to consider the effects of your decisions on services, facilities, and activities that already help reduce waste, whether they are provided by you or someone else.

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Part 3Waste disposal levy
Distribution and spending of levy money

32Spending of levy money by territorial authorities

  1. A territorial authority may spend the levy money it receives under section 31 only—

  2. on matters to promote or achieve waste minimisation; and
    1. in accordance with its waste management and minimisation plan.

      1. When making a decision in relation to funding any matter to which subsection (1) applies, the territorial authority must consider the effects that the decision may have on any existing waste minimisation services, facilities, and activities (whether provided by the territorial authority or otherwise).