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Local Government Act 1993
606BReview of cost of coastal protection service charges on request of ratepayer
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#### 606B Review of cost of coastal protection service charges on request of ratepayer
606B Review of cost of coastal protection service charges on request of ratepayer
> > (1) A council must, on request, provide a person who is liable to pay an annual charge for coastal protection services with a report prepared by an independent person on the cost to the council of providing those services.
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> > (2) A request for a report under subsection (1) is to be accompanied by a fee determined by the council to cover the council’s reasonable costs in providing the report.
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> > (3) If a council provides a report to a person under subsection (1) the council is to make the report available to all other persons liable to pay an annual charge in relation to the same services.
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> > (4) A council is not required to provide a report under subsection (1) to a person if the council has in the previous 3 years provided or made available to the person such a report in relation to the same coastal protection services.
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> > (5) Despite subsection (2), a fee is not required to accompany the following requests—
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> > > (a) a request made during the first year that an annual charge is made and levied on the relevant parcel of land,
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> > > (b) a request made during the year following an increase in the annual charge by a percentage that is greater than the percentage specified in an order under section 506 for the year concerned.
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> **s 606B:** Ins 2010 No 78, Sch 2 \[4\].