610FPublic notice of fees

610F Public notice of fees

610F Public notice of fees

(1) A council must not determine the amount of a fee until it has given public notice of the fee in accordance with this section and has considered any submissions duly made to it during the period of public notice.

(2) Public notice of the amount of a proposed fee must be given (in accordance with the regulations) in the draft operational plan for the year in which the fee is to be made.

(3) However, if, after the date on which the operational plan commences—

(a) a new service is provided, or the nature or extent of an existing service is changed, or

(b) the regulations in accordance with which the fee is determined are amended,

the council must give public notice (in accordance with section 705) for at least 28 days of the fee proposed for the new or changed service or the fee determined in accordance with the amended regulations.

(4) This section does not apply to a fee determined by a council for an application made in a filming proposal, if that fee is consistent with a scale or structure of fees set out in an applicable filming protocol.

s 610F (previously s 612): Subst 1995 No 12, Sch 1 [13]. Am 2000 No 6, Sch 1 [5]; 2003 No 8, Sch 1 [12]. Renumbered 2003 No 8, Sch 1 [13]. Am 2008 No 39, Sch 1.3 [12]; 2009 No 67, Sch 1 [17]; 2016 No 38, Sch 1[77].