Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund Act 2012
36Refund of amounts overpaid
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36 Refund of amounts overpaid
(1) If a person who has paid a levy amount under this Act believes they have paid more than the levy amount owed, the person may apply to that collection agency for a refund of the amount paid in excess of the levy amount in accordance with subsection (3).
S. 36(2) amended by No. 81/2012 s. 114(2)(a), substituted by No. 18/2023 s. 23.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the grounds on which the person believes they have made an overpayment are grounds for making an objection under Part III of the Valuation of Land Act 1960.
See section 17 of the Valuation of Land Act 1960.
(3) An application for a refund must—
(a) be in writing;
(b) specify the grounds on which the person believes they have made an overpayment;
(c) be given to the collection agency that collected the levy amount paid by the person.
(4) If, after receiving an application under subsection (3), the collection agency determines that a payment has been made that is in excess of the levy amount owed, the collection agency must refund the payment that was in excess of the levy amount to the person.
(5) If a collection agency finds, at any time after a payment of a levy amount has been made by a person, that the payment is in excess of the levy amount owed by that person, the collection agency may refund the amount paid that was in excess of the levy amount.