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166JRebuilding of a dwelling destroyed in an emergency exempt from building permit levy
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166J Rebuilding of a dwelling destroyed in an emergency exempt from building permit levy
An applicant for a building permit is exempt from the requirement to pay the building permit levy imposed under section 205G(1) and (2) of the Act for building work under the permit if—
(a) the building work includes the reconstruction or repair of the applicant's dwelling; and
(b) the dwelling was destroyed or damaged in an emergency; and
(c) the building work is to be carried out—
(i) on the same allotment as the dwelling that was destroyed or damaged; or
(ii) on a different allotment, but within the same municipal district as the dwelling that was destroyed or damaged.
Reg. 166K inserted by S.R. No. 128/2021 reg. 9.