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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Waste disposal levy - Estimated levy and unpaid levy

36: Unpaid levy is debt

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"If you don't pay a levy, you might have to pay it back like a debt in court."

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If you do not pay a levy, the person collecting it can take you to court to get the money. The court can then make you pay the levy as if it were a debt. You have to pay the levy to the person who is supposed to collect it, and they can use the court to make sure they get the money.

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Part 3Waste disposal levy
Estimated levy and unpaid levy

36Unpaid levy is debt

  1. Any levy payable to a levy collector is recoverable as a debt by the levy collector in a court of competent jurisdiction.