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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT REGULATION 2000 - REG 35

Accounting for contributions and levies--councils

35 Accounting for contributions and levies--councils

(cf clause 34 of EP[#38]A Regulation 1994)

(1) A council must maintain accounting records that allow monetary section 7.11 contributions, section 7.12 levies, and any additional amounts earned from their investment, to be distinguished from all other money held by the council.
(2) The accounting records for a contributions plan must indicate the following--
(a) the various kinds of public amenities or services for which expenditure is authorised by the plan,
(b) the monetary section 7.11 contributions or section 7.12 levies received under the plan, by reference to the various kinds of public amenities or services for which they have been received,
(ba) in respect of section 7.11 contributions or section 7.12 levies paid for different purposes, the pooling or progressive application of the contributions or levies for those purposes, in accordance with any requirements of the plan or any ministerial direction under Division 7.1 of the Act,
(c) the amounts spent in accordance with the plan, by reference to the various kinds of public amenities or services for which they have been spent.
(3) A council must disclose the following information for each contributions plan in the notes to its annual financial report--
(a) the opening and closing balances of money held by the council for the accounting period covered by the report,
(b) the total amounts received by way of monetary section 7.11 contributions or section 7.12 levies during that period, by reference to the various kinds of public amenities or services for which they have been received,
(c) the total amounts spent in accordance with the contributions plan during that period, by reference to the various kinds of public amenities or services for which they have been spent,
(d) the outstanding obligations of the council to provide public amenities or services, by reference to the various kinds of public amenities or services for which monetary section 7.11 contributions or section 7.12 levies have been received during that or any previous accounting period.



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