What was Tenancy Tribunal case 9075944 about?

The tribunal order states: [The party] must pay Body Corporate 199061 $11,375.51 immediately,

How much money was awarded in case 9075944?

Costs: Collection up to and includin…: $1,568.38 awarded to landlord; Filing Fee: $500.00 awarded to landlord; Hearing Fee: $224.25 awarded to landlord; Interest: $2.96 awarded to landlord; Interest: $714.85 awarded to landlord; Levies To 31.12.25: $8,304.08 awarded to landlord; Water Charges: $60.99 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 9075944?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 9075944?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13244902-UTA_Tribunal_Order.pdf.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 9075944 about?

The tribunal order states: [The party] must pay Body Corporate 199061 $11,375.51 immediately,

How much money was awarded in case 9075944?

Costs: Collection up to and includin…: $1,568.38 awarded to landlord; Filing Fee: $500.00 awarded to landlord; Hearing Fee: $224.25 awarded to landlord; Interest: $2.96 awarded to landlord; Interest: $714.85 awarded to landlord; Levies To 31.12.25: $8,304.08 awarded to landlord; Water Charges: $60.99 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 9075944?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 9075944?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13244902-UTA_Tribunal_Order.pdf.

Avondale, Auckland Tenancy Tribunal Case 9075944 — Tenancy dispute

Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 9075944 — net $11,375.51 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Costs: Collection up to and including hearing date, including hearing preparation	$1,568.38	Costs: Collection up to and including hearing date, including hearing preparation
Hearing fee	$224.25	Hearing fee
Water charges	$60.99	Water charges
Interest on water charges	$2.96	Interest on water charges
Levies to 31.12.25	$8,304.08	Levies to 31.12.25
Interest	$714.85	Interest
Filing Fee	$500.00	Filing Fee
Net award	$11,375.51
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$11,375.51

[The party] must pay Body Corporate 199061 $11,375.51 immediately, calculated as follows: DescriptionsApplicantRespondent Levies to 31.12.25$8,304.08 Costs: Collection up to and including hearing date, including hearing preparation $1,568.38 Interest$714.85 Filing Fee$500.00 Hearing fee Water charges Interest on water charges $224.25 $60.99 $2.96 Total award$11,375.51 Total award with interest$11,375.51 Total payable by Respondent to Applicant $11,375.51

Reasons

The applicant attended the hearing via remote video conference. There was no attendance by the respondent. An attempt was also made to contact the respondent on the telephone number provided with the application. The attempt was unsuccessful.

The body corporate has applied for recovery of unpaid levies, interest, costs and the filing fee from the unit owner.

Does the Unit Owner owe the levies claimed?

A unit owner must pay all body corporate levies and outgoings payable for the unit. See sections 80(1)(f) and 121(1) Unit Titles Act 2010.

The body corporate has determined the levies payable and unit owner's share has been calculated according to their utility interest.

The body corporate has fixed the due date for the levies to be paid, and the unit owner has not paid the levies by that date. See section 124(1) Unit Titles Act 2010. The body corporate has provided records to prove the amount claimed.

Is the Unit owner liable for interest?

If a unit owner fails to pay levies by the due date, interest accrues on the unpaid balance. A body corporate may charge interest up to 10% per annum. See section 128 Unit Titles Act 2010.

The body corporate has resolved to charge interest at 10% per annum on unpaid levies. The Body Corporate has proved the amount of interest owing from the due date to the hearing date.

Is the Unit owner liable for costs?

Pursuant to section 124 UTA, and as resolved at meetings of the Body Corporate, the Body Corporate is entitled to recover any reasonable costs incurred by it in collecting unpaid levies as a debt due by the owner to the Body Corporate. In accordance with the judgments (of the District Court and Court of Appeal respectively) in Body Corporate 162791 v Cheah DC Auckland, CIV2014-004- 0120, 24 June 2014 and Body Corporate 162791 v Gilbert [2015] NZCA 185, the Tribunal must order that the reasonable costs incurred by the Body Corporate in recovering the levies, objectively assessed, be paid by a defaulting unit owner. I am satisfied that the costs ordered above are reasonable.

Section 124 UTA states: Recovery of levy (1) A body corporate must fix the date on or before which payments of levies are due. (2) The amount of any unpaid levy, together with any reasonable costs incurred in collecting the levy, is recoverable as a debt due to the body corporate by the person who was the unit owner at the time the levy became payable or by the person who is the unit owner at the time the proceedings are instituted.

Section 128 UTA provides: Interest on money owing to body corporate (1) If a unit owner owes money to the body corporate under section 121, 124, 125, 126, or 127, interest accrues in respect of so much of the debt as remains unpaid. (2) The amount of interest charged by a body corporate in relation to any unpaid debt must not exceed 10% per annum.

As the unit owner failed to pay the outstanding levies at the time they fell due, the outstanding levies together with interest and collection costs are recoverable as a debt due to the body corporate.

Following the judgments of the District Court and Court of Appeal set out above, the Tribunal must order that the reasonable costs incurred by the body corporate in recovering the levies be paid by a defaulting unit owner.

It is reasonable to expect full and timely compliance by all unit owners on the levies payable when they fall due otherwise a burden is carried disproportionately by those who have paid the levies on time.

Having been satisfied that the costs charged by the applicant for the body corporate and the body corporate secretary are reasonable and actually incurred in collecting the levy, I do not have any discretion to waive any of those costs in favour of defaulting unit owners.

Section 124 UTA prescribes a statutory debt in favour of the body corporate once levies are properly raised and payable; equally, legal and collection costs and interest become a statutory debt which accords no discretion on the Tribunal to waive or discount, despite the Tribunal exercising a substantial merits and justice jurisdiction pursuant to section 85 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (‘RTA’).

I am satisfied that the collection costs ordered above including attendance at the hearing, body corporate debt collection charges are reasonable.

I am satisfied that the costs ordered above are reasonable.

I therefore award the body corporate costs totalling $11,375.51 which includes outstanding levies, hearing attendance, debt collection charges, interest and the Tribunal filing fee, as set out in the table above.

Because the body corporate has succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee. Section 176(1) Unit Titles Act 2010 and section 102(4) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 9075944 — net $11,375.51 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Costs: Collection up to and including hearing date, including hearing preparation	$1,568.38	Costs: Collection up to and including hearing date, including hearing preparation
Hearing fee	$224.25	Hearing fee
Water charges	$60.99	Water charges
Interest on water charges	$2.96	Interest on water charges
Levies to 31.12.25	$8,304.08	Levies to 31.12.25
Interest	$714.85	Interest
Filing Fee	$500.00	Filing Fee
Net award	$11,375.51
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$11,375.51

Order

[The party] must pay Body Corporate 199061 $11,375.51 immediately, calculated as follows: DescriptionsApplicantRespondent Levies to 31.12.25$8,304.08 Costs: Collection up to and including hearing date, including hearing preparation $1,568.38 Interest$714.85 Filing Fee$500.00 Hearing fee Water charges Interest on water charges $224.25 $60.99 $2.96 Total award$11,375.51 Total award with interest$11,375.51 Total payable by Respondent to Applicant $11,375.51

Reasons

The applicant attended the hearing via remote video conference. There was no attendance by the respondent. An attempt was also made to contact the respondent on the telephone number provided with the application. The attempt was unsuccessful.
The body corporate has applied for recovery of unpaid levies, interest, costs and the filing fee from the unit owner.

Does the Unit Owner owe the levies claimed?

A unit owner must pay all body corporate levies and outgoings payable for the unit. See sections 80(1)(f) and 121(1) Unit Titles Act 2010.
The body corporate has determined the levies payable and unit owner's share has been calculated according to their utility interest.
The body corporate has fixed the due date for the levies to be paid, and the unit owner has not paid the levies by that date. See section 124(1) Unit Titles Act 2010. The body corporate has provided records to prove the amount claimed.

Is the Unit owner liable for interest?

If a unit owner fails to pay levies by the due date, interest accrues on the unpaid balance. A body corporate may charge interest up to 10% per annum. See section 128 Unit Titles Act 2010.
The body corporate has resolved to charge interest at 10% per annum on unpaid levies. The Body Corporate has proved the amount of interest owing from the due date to the hearing date.

Is the Unit owner liable for costs?

Pursuant to section 124 UTA, and as resolved at meetings of the Body Corporate, the Body Corporate is entitled to recover any reasonable costs incurred by it in collecting unpaid levies as a debt due by the owner to the Body Corporate. In accordance with the judgments (of the District Court and Court of Appeal respectively) in Body Corporate 162791 v Cheah DC Auckland, CIV2014-004- 0120, 24 June 2014 and Body Corporate 162791 v Gilbert [2015] NZCA 185, the Tribunal must order that the reasonable costs incurred by the Body Corporate in recovering the levies, objectively assessed, be paid by a defaulting unit owner. I am satisfied that the costs ordered above are reasonable.
Pursuant to section 124 UTA, and as resolved at meetings of the Body Corporate, the Body Corporate is entitled to recover any reasonable costs incurred by it in collecting unpaid levies as a debt due by the owner to the Body Corporate.
Section 124 UTA states: Recovery of levy (1) A body corporate must fix the date on or before which payments of levies are due. (2) The amount of any unpaid levy, together with any reasonable costs incurred in collecting the levy, is recoverable as a debt due to the body corporate by the person who was the unit owner at the time the levy became payable or by the person who is the unit owner at the time the proceedings are instituted.
Section 128 UTA provides: Interest on money owing to body corporate (1) If a unit owner owes money to the body corporate under section 121, 124, 125, 126, or 127, interest accrues in respect of so much of the debt as remains unpaid. (2) The amount of interest charged by a body corporate in relation to any unpaid debt must not exceed 10% per annum.
As the unit owner failed to pay the outstanding levies at the time they fell due, the outstanding levies together with interest and collection costs are recoverable as a debt due to the body corporate.
Following the judgments of the District Court and Court of Appeal set out above, the Tribunal must order that the reasonable costs incurred by the body corporate in recovering the levies be paid by a defaulting unit owner.
It is reasonable to expect full and timely compliance by all unit owners on the levies payable when they fall due otherwise a burden is carried disproportionately by those who have paid the levies on time.
Having been satisfied that the costs charged by the applicant for the body corporate and the body corporate secretary are reasonable and actually incurred in collecting the levy, I do not have any discretion to waive any of those costs in favour of defaulting unit owners.
Section 124 UTA prescribes a statutory debt in favour of the body corporate once levies are properly raised and payable; equally, legal and collection costs and interest become a statutory debt which accords no discretion on the Tribunal to waive or discount, despite the Tribunal exercising a substantial merits and justice jurisdiction pursuant to section 85 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (‘RTA’).
I am satisfied that the collection costs ordered above including attendance at the hearing, body corporate debt collection charges are reasonable.
I am satisfied that the costs ordered above are reasonable.
I therefore award the body corporate costs totalling $11,375.51 which includes outstanding levies, hearing attendance, debt collection charges, interest and the Tribunal filing fee, as set out in the table above.
Because the body corporate has succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee. Section 176(1) Unit Titles Act 2010 and section 102(4) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

Tenancy Tribunal case 9075944 — Tenancy dispute in Avondale, Auckland

At a glance

Tenancy Tribunal case 9075944 — Tenancy dispute in Avondale, Auckland

At a glance

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

Does the Unit Owner owe the levies claimed?

Is the Unit owner liable for interest?

Is the Unit owner liable for costs?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

Does the Unit Owner owe the levies claimed?

Is the Unit owner liable for interest?

Is the Unit owner liable for costs?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions