96URevised levy certificate

96U Revised levy certificate

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) the Commissioner has issued a certificate under section 96T in respect of a leviable planning permit application; and

(b) the estimated cost of the development increases before the application is made; and

(c) the certificate has not expired.

(2) If a person pays any additional levy and the Commissioner is satisfied that the whole of the amount of the levy has been paid in respect of the increased estimated cost of the development, the Commissioner must issue a revised certificate to that person.

(3) The Commissioner may also issue a revised certificate—

(a) to correct any error in the information included in the certificate under section 96T(2)(b), (d), (e), (f) or (g); or

(b) if the estimated cost of the development stated in the certificate is different from the estimated cost of the development stated in the notice given under section 96S(1)(a).

S. 96U(4) substituted by No. 22/2024 s. 19.

(4) A revised certificate expires on the later of the following dates—

(a) the date that is 90 days after the day on which the revised certificate is issued;

(b) the date on which the original levy certificate issued under section 96T expires.

S. 96UA inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 148.

96UA Application for levy exemption certificate

(1) A person who intends to make an application for a permit under section 47 or 96A for the development of land, before making the application, may apply to the Minister for a levy exemption certificate.

(2) An application for a levy exemption certificate under subsection (1) must—

(a) be in the form approved by the Minister; and

(b) state the estimated cost of the development; and

(c) include a copy of the application the person intends to make; and

(d) include a copy of a previous permit application for the development of the same land and a copy of the levy certificate in respect of that application; and

(e) include—

(i) if the land is under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, a copy of the certificate of title in respect of the land; or

(ii) in any other case, a description of the land that is sufficient to identify it; and

(f) contain any other information required by the Minister.

S. 96UB inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 148.

96UB Levy exemption certificate

(1) The Minister may grant a levy exemption certificate in respect of an application for a permit for the development of land that a person intends to make under section 47 or 96A if the Minister is satisfied that—