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Resource management Cost Recovery Policy for Proposals of National Significance Online version
Chapter 4: Application of Policy
62. The Minister has discretion about cost recovery in that the Act provides that the Minister may cost recover.[Section 149B(3) and (4) – see Appendix B.] The Minister can use this discretion to apply the cost recovery policy in a way that allows for any specific circumstances of each case to be recognised.
63. The principles described in Chapter 2 can guide that discretion. The policy outlined in this report gives a framework that sees tasks and costs charged where they should be, and in a way that meet various principles.
64. Applicants can object to the costs they are being charged.[Section 149B(6).]
