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Power to impose surcharge

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Chapter 15Compliance reviews and investigations
Part 15.5NTCAT's power to remedy irregularity

307 Power to impose surcharge

(1) If a council has suffered loss as a result of dishonesty or serious illegality, the council may apply to NTCAT to impose a surcharge on a person whose dishonest or illegal act gave rise to the loss.

(2) If NTCAT imposes a surcharge on a person, the amount of the surcharge must not exceed the total of the following amounts:

(a)

the amount of the loss suffered by the council;

(b)

the amount incurred by the council to recover the surcharge.

(3)

The surcharge is imposed by giving the person a decision notice.

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