99Objections relating to service charges

99 Objections relating to service charges

99 Objections relating to service charges

(1) For the Act, section 310(4), a landholder may, by written notice, object to the determination or adjustment of, or a refusal to adjust, a service charge levied on land.

(2) The notice must be—

(a) in the form approved by the water supply authority, and

(b) given to the authority not later than one month after the landholder receives the notice to which the objection relates.

(3) An objection may be made only on the following grounds—

(a) that the classification of the land is incorrect,

(b) that the land no longer belongs to the class of land on which the levy of the service charge was based.

(4) The water supply authority may—

(a) allow the objection and, in accordance with this division, adjust the service charge in the way the water supply authority considers appropriate, or

(b) disallow the objection.

(5) The water supply authority must give the landholder written reasons for the water supply authority’s decision.