(1) The following
costs and expenses, if incurred by a local government in providing a service
listed in Schedule 2 items 1 to 12 or referred to in
regulation 48A(1) or 48, are payable by the applicant in addition to the
fee for the provision of the service —
(a)
costs and expenses of advertising the application and advertising matters
related to the application;
(b)
costs and expenses of any specific assessment, such as an environmental
assessment, required in relation to the application;
(c)
costs and expenses of consultation procedures required in relation to the
application;
(d)
costs and expenses of technical resources and equipment, such as computer
modelling, required in relation to the application;
(e)
costs and expenses of specialist advice, such as advice in relation to
heritage matters, required in relation to the application.
(2) A local
government, in a bill given to the applicant, may —
(a)
require the applicant to pay the costs and expenses referred to in
subregulation (1) that the local government estimates it will incur; or
(b)
require the applicant to pay the actual costs and expenses referred to in
subregulation (1) after they are incurred.
(3) Any moneys paid in
advance by an applicant to a local government for estimated costs or expenses
referred to in subregulation (1) that are not incurred by the local
government must be refunded to the applicant on the completion of the service.
[Regulation 49 amended: Gazette
24 Mar 2011 p. 1038.]