LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 54H Council fees under agreement

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 54H

54H Council fees under agreement

(1) An environmental upgrade agreement may authorise a council to deduct from any money paid in respect of an environmental upgrade charge, and retain, as a council fee--

(a) a service fee, being a fee to cover any costs incurred by the council in entering into, or administering, the agreement, and

(b) a late payment fee, being the amount, or a part of the amount, charged under the agreement for late payment of an environmental upgrade charge.

(2) The environmental upgrade agreement must specify the amount of, or a method for calculating, any such council fee.

(3) Part 10 of Chapter 15 does not apply in respect of a council fee charged under an environmental upgrade agreement.

(4) However, section 610D applies to the service fee component of the council fee.