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Local Government Act 1993
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#### 54D Environmental upgrade agreement
54D Environmental upgrade agreement
> > (1) A council may enter into an environmental upgrade agreement with a building owner and a finance provider in relation to a building.
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> > (2) An environmental upgrade agreement is an agreement under which—
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> > > (a) a building owner agrees to carry out environmental upgrade works in respect of a building, and
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> > > (b) a finance provider agrees to advance funds to the building owner to finance those environmental upgrade works, and
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> > > (c) the council agrees to levy a charge on the relevant land for the purpose of repaying the advance to the finance provider.
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> > (3) A building owner is a person who is the owner of the land on which the building is erected.
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> > (4) For a building erected on land that is the subject of a strata scheme, the owners corporation for the strata scheme is taken to be the building owner.
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> > (5) The function of entering into an environmental upgrade agreement can be delegated by a council only to the general manager of the council. The delegation must specify the building or buildings to which the delegation relates.
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> > (6) Other persons may also be party to an environmental upgrade agreement.
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> **ss 54D–54J:** Ins 2010 No 110, Sch 1 \[1\].