New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 81

81 Criteria for cost recovery

The responsible Minister may recommend that regulations be made under section 86 only if the responsible Minister is satisfied that,—

a) subject to the provisions of section 86 , the fee or charge recovers no more than the actual and reasonable costs (including both direct and indirect costs) of the activity to which the fee or charge relates; and

b) the fee or charge for the activity or class of activities to which the fee or charge relates is generally obtained from the users or beneficiaries of the service or class of services to which the activity relates at a level commensurate, as far as practicable, with their use of the service; and

c) the costs of the activity to which the fee or charge relates are efficiently incurred; and

d) the relationship between the costs of the activity to which the fee or charge relates and the nature and duration of the activity is clear.

Note: 2008 No 72 s 79C

History: Section 81: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 104 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).   Section 81: amended, on 29 June 2025, by section 16(1) of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).     Section 81: amended, on 29 June 2025, by section 16(2) of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).