LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 606A
Estimates of coastal protection service charges
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 606A
Estimates of coastal protection service charges
606A Estimates of coastal protection service charges
(1) A council must, on
request, provide a person who would be liable to pay an annual charge for
coastal protection services in relation to proposed coastal protection works
with an estimate of the person's liability for that annual charge (if the
council were to make such a charge) for each of the following 5 years.
(2) A
request for an estimate under subsection (1) must include any information
required by the council in order to make the estimate, including but not
limited to, information relating to proposed coastal protection works such as
the location and type of works and their expected on-site and off-site
impacts.
(3) A request for an estimate under subsection (1) is to be
accompanied by a fee determined by the council to cover the council's
reasonable costs in providing the estimate.
(4) A council must provide the
estimate within 30 days of the submission of the request (including the
required information) and fee.
(5) An estimate provided by the council does
not bind or limit the council in the making or levying of a charge for coastal
protection services under this Act.
