Local Government Act 1993 No 30
Current version for 1 March 2013 to date (accessed 21 May 2013 at 12:30)
Chapter 15Part 1Section 496

496   Making and levying of annual charges for domestic waste management services

(1)  A council must make and levy an annual charge for the provision of domestic waste management services for each parcel of rateable land for which the service is available.
(2)  A council may make an annual charge for the provision of a domestic waste management service for a parcel of land that is exempt from rating if:
(a)  the service is available for that land, and
(b)  the owner of that land requests or agrees to the provision of the service to that land, and
(c)  the amount of the annual charge is limited to recovering the cost of providing the service to that land.
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