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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Development contributions - Reconsideration of requirement for development contribution

131: Right to reconsideration of requirement for development contribution

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"Asking a water organisation to rethink a development contribution if you think they got it wrong"

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If a water organisation asks you to make a development contribution, you can ask them to think again if you believe they made a mistake. You might think they calculated the contribution incorrectly, applied their policy wrongly, or used incorrect information. You need to follow the process outlined in the water organisation's development contributions policy under section 125 to ask for a reconsideration. You must make your request within 10 working days of receiving notice of the contribution amount from the water organisation.

If you have already objected to the contribution requirement under section 133, you cannot ask for a reconsideration. The water organisation will decide on your request according to their policy. You should check the policy to see how they will make their decision.

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Development contributions: Reconsideration of requirement for development contribution

131Right to reconsideration of requirement for development contribution

  1. If a water organisation requires a person to make a development contribution, the person may request the water organisation to reconsider the requirement if the person has grounds to believe that—

  2. the development contribution was incorrectly calculated or assessed under the water organisation’s development contributions policy; or
    1. the water organisation incorrectly applied its development contributions policy; or
      1. the information used to assess the person’s development against the development contributions policy, or the way the water organisation has recorded or used that information, was incomplete or contained an error.

        1. A request for a reconsideration must be lodged and decided according to the process set out in the water organisation’s development contributions policy under section 125.

        2. A request for a reconsideration must be made within 10 working days after the date on which the person lodging the request receives notice from the water organisation of the amount of development contribution that the water organisation requires.

        3. A person may not request a reconsideration of a requirement if the person has already objected to that requirement under section 133.

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