Cap. 504 Art. 79Charges and contributions.

(1) The Authority shall have power to levy a charge in respect of any permission to carry out development, to be known as the Development Permission Fee, including any application therefor, in accordance with a schedule of charges established by it with the concurrence of the Minister and of the Minister responsible for finance, taking account of the nature of the development, the timing of the development in relation to the planned phasing thereof, of the conditions attaching to the permission and of any other relevant consideration.

(2) The Authority shall have power to levy a contribution towards the cost of the infrastructure services and other services or facilities arising from any permission to develop land, to be known as the Infrastructure Service Contribution, from the person applying for such permission or carrying out such development, in accordance with such rates as the Authority may, with the concurrence of the Minister and of the Minister responsible for finance, from time to time determine, taking account of the services involved, the areas of development and other material considerations.

(3) The sums collected by the Authority under sub-article (2) shall be paid to the Government each year after a deduction therefrom is made to cover the reasonable costs incurred in the determination and levying of the contribution: for finance, and such contributions leviable, as aforesaid shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, be paid by the Authority to the Authority for Transport in Malta each year after a deduction therefrom is made to cover the reasonable costs as may be agreed between the two authorities incurred in the determination and levying of the contributions.

(4) The Authority shall have power to levy a charge in respect of any other application for a licence or authorisation made to it.

(5) The schedule of charges and the rates of contributions established under this article, as from time to time in force, shall be published as regulations and shall have effect as so published.

(6) The charges and contributions levied under sub-articles (1) and (2) shall be collectively known as the "building levy".