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Natural Environment Bill

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

334: Collection and spending of levy under section 313(2)(b)

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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 use it for things like checking the environment and educating the public. You can find more about this in section 313(2)(b). The money can be used for research and developing new standards. It can also be used for things like running the system and giving advice. The levy money can be used for many activities, including investigations and public information.

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

334Collection and spending of levy under section 313(2)(b)

  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)(b).

  2. Regional councils must collect the money.

  3. The money may only be used to meet the costs of any 1 or more of the following activities:

  4. preparation and maintenance of the system performance framework, including associated data collection:
    1. environmental monitoring and associated data collection:
      1. investigations whose costs are not covered by litigation costs:
        1. public information, education, and advice:
          1. development and review of national standards that are not voluntarily funded or whose costs are not directly recoverable.
            1. research, including modelling and tool development, to support any of the activities in paragraphs (a) to (e):
              1. enabling new allocation methods to be implemented, including the activities in paragraphs (a) to (e) for that purpose:
                1. administering this Act at the national and regional level, if costs for that activity are not recovered elsewhere.