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Key roles - Functions and powers of central and local government - Administrative charges

191: Administrative charges

You could also call this:

"Charges for using council services or breaking rules"

If a territorial authority wants to charge you for something, they can fix charges for certain things. You might have to pay charges when you make an application or request under this proposed law. You could also have to pay charges if the territorial authority thinks you have broken this proposed law. The territorial authority can charge you to cover their costs of doing their job under this proposed law. They can also charge you if you break a rule or a permit, and they need to check what you have done. Sometimes, regulations will say what charges the territorial authority can make. The territorial authority must follow rules set out in regulations when they decide how much to charge you. This means they have to fix charges in a way that is fair and follows the regulations.

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190: Provision of relevant information to post-settlement governance entity, or

"Telling post-settlement groups about consent applications"

192: Other matters relating to administrative charges, or

"Rules about paying or not paying charges to the council"

Part 5Key roles
Functions and powers of central and local government: Administrative charges

191Administrative charges

A territorial authority may fix charges of all or any of the following kinds:
charges payable in relation to any application, notice, or request under this Act where the territorial authority or an independent hearings panel has functions under this Act in relation to the application, notice, or request:
charges payable to recover the costs of the carrying out by the territorial authority of its functions, duties, or powers under this Act:
charges payable by a person who, in the opinion of an enforcement officer, has contravened this Act, a national environmental standard, a regulation, a rule in a plan, or a natural resource permit, for the carrying out by the territorial authority of any function necessary to determine whether the contravention has occurred:
charges authorised by regulations.

Charges must be fixed in accordance with requirements prescribed in regulations.