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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 77

Permits, licences, fees and charges

    (1)     A local law may—

        (a)     provide that a Council may by resolution determine a fee, charge, fare or rent in relation to any property, undertaking, good, service or other act, matter or thing; and

        (b)     prescribe, regulate or determine the purposes for which and the conditions on which a Council may—

              (i)     grant a permit, licence, authority or registration; or

              (ii)     perform or supply a service; or

              (iii)     supply any goods or information; and

        (c)     prescribe the manner in which an application may be made for a permit, licence, authority or registration; and

        (d)     prescribe the fee which is payable for the granting, renewal or transfer of a permit, licence, authority or registration.

    (2)     The power to make a local law imposing fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters

        (a)     specific fees;

        (b)     maximum or minimum fees;

        (c)     maximum and minimum fees;

        (d)     scales of fees according to the value of goods or services provided for the fees or the project being assessed;

        (e)     the payment of fees either generally or under specified conditions or in specified circumstances;

        (f)     the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of the fees.

    (3)     If a local law provides for a reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of a fee, the reduction, waiver or refund may be expressed to apply—

        (a)     subject to specified conditions or in the discretion of any specified person or body; and

        (b)     either generally or specifically—

              (i)     in respect of certain matters or transactions or classes of matters or transactions; or

              (ii)     in respect of certain documents or classes of documents; or

              (iii)     when an event happens; or

              (iv)     in respect of certain persons or classes of persons; or

              (v)     in respect of any combination of matters, transactions, documents, events or persons.



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