This legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Authority may
give written notice to a person described in Schedule 2 requiring the
person to pay a charge in connection with the performance of the corresponding
function described in that Schedule or the doing of anything that was
necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance
of that function.
(2) The notice
referred to in subregulation (1) is to specify —
(a) the
amount of the service charge; and
(b) the
day on which the notice was issued.
(3) The amount of a
service charge is to be an amount equivalent to costs described in
subregulation (4) that —
(a) have
been incurred by the Authority; and
(b) are
directly attributable to the performance of the relevant function or to the
doing of anything that was necessary or convenient to be done for or in
connection with the performance of the relevant function.
(4) For the purposes
of subregulation (3), the costs are —
(a)
costs of consultants or contractors engaged by the Authority including
accommodation costs, travel costs, and equipment costs;
(b)
photocopying, mailing, publishing and advertising costs; and
(c)
costs associated with public consultation required under the Code.
(5) The Authority is
to provide the person liable to pay a service charge with an itemised account
of the costs covered by the charge if the person so requests.
(6) The amount of a
service charge is payable to the Authority within 30 days after the day
specified under subregulation (2)(b).
(7) If the amount of a
service charge is not paid in full within the allowed period, interest on the
outstanding amount is payable to the Authority at the prescribed rate
calculated daily.