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Natural Environment Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Miscellaneous - Collection and spending of levy and other money

333: Collection and spending of levy under section 313(2)(a)

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"How regional councils collect and use levy money to help the environment"

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You will pay a levy for certain things. Regional councils must collect this money. They can only use it for certain activities. You can use the money for things like restoring ecosystems. This also includes reducing the environmental impact of using a resource. Another use is finding ways to manage demand for the resource and use it more efficiently. The money must be used in the area where it was collected. It can only be used for activities that are in a natural environment plan. These activities must be for the purposes set out in section 313(2)(a).

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Miscellaneous: Collection and spending of levy and other money

333Collection and spending of levy under section 313(2)(a)

  1. This section applies to any money liable to be paid from any levy imposed by regulations made for the purposes set out in section 313(2)(a).

  2. Regional councils must collect the money.

  3. The money may only be used in the prescribed management units within the regional council that collect the money for the activities in subsection (4).

  4. The money may only be used to meet the costs of any 1 or more of the following activities that have been included in a natural environment plan and are undertaken for the purposes set out in section 313(2)(a):

  5. restoration of ecosystems:
    1. reducing the environmental impact of the use of the resource:
      1. providing methods (including research and development) to—
        1. manage increased demand for the resource; and
          1. enable more efficient use of the resource.