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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Development contributions - Objections

133: Right to object to development contribution

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"Objecting to a development contribution: saying no to a water organisation's payment request"

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You can object to the amount of a development contribution that a water organisation says you must pay. You can do this for any reason listed in section 134. It does not matter if you asked the water organisation to think again about the contribution before. You have the right to object, even if you asked them to reconsider earlier. This right to object only applies to the amount of the contribution, not to the rules in the water organisation's development contributions policy.

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Development contributions: Objections

133Right to object to development contribution

  1. A person may, on any ground set out in section 134, object to the assessed amount of a development contribution that a water organisation has required from the person.

  2. The right of objection conferred by subsection (1) applies regardless of whether the person has earlier requested a reconsideration of the requirement for the development contribution.

  3. The right of objection conferred by this section does not apply to challenges to the content of a water organisation’s development contributions policy.

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