Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Act 2020
107Levy liability certificate
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107 Levy liability certificate
(1) The Secretary must issue a certificate in respect of land wholly or partly within the levy area (a levy liability certificate) to a person who has applied for that kind of certificate in accordance with section 102.
(2) A levy liability certificate must—
(a) describe the land; and
(b) describe those parts of the land covered by any habitat area and state the amount of the area of coverage; and
(c) if there are any Scattered tree locations in the land, state the number of those locations; and
(d) specify whether the levy has been imposed in relation to any part of land; and
(e) specify—
(i) in the case where a staged payment approval has been given to the person—
(A) the amount of the levy that would be payable if a condition of the approval were not complied with in the financial year in which the certificate is issued; and
(B) the basis for the determination of that amount; and
See also section 34.
(ii) in the case where the levy has not been imposed in respect of the whole of the land, the amount of the levy that would be payable in respect of a levy event if the event occurred in relation to land in the financial year of the issue of the certificate; and
(iii) in any other case, the amount of the levy that is due and unpaid in relation to the land and the relevant component levy amounts; and
(f) state whether a land transfer agreement has been entered into by the person liable to pay that levy to meet the whole or part of that liability; and
(g) state the date of issue of the certificate; and
(h) contain the person's name and contact details; and
(i) contain any other information that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) The information contained in a levy liability certificate relates only to the following matters as at the date of the issue of the certificate—
(a) matters affecting the land;
(b) matters that are relevant to the amount of the levy that may be imposed in respect of a levy event.