# Planning Act 2008, Section 205: The levy

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury make regulations providing for the imposition of a charge to be known as Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
(2) In making the regulations the Secretary of State shall aim to ensure that the overall purpose of CIL is to ensure that costs incurred in supporting the development of an area can be funded (wholly or partly) by owners or developers of land in a way that does not make development of the area economically unviable .
(3) The Table describes the provisions of this Part.
Section
Topic
Section 206
The charge
Section 207
Joint committees
Sections 208 and 209
Liability
Section 210
Charities
Section 211
Amount
Sections 212 to 214
Charging schedule
Section 215
Appeals
Sections 216 to 216B
Application
Section 217
Collection
Section 218
Enforcement
Section 219
Compensation
Section 220
Procedure
Section 221
Secretary of State
Section 222
CIL regulations and orders: general
Section 223
Relationship with other powers
Section 224
Amendments
Section 225
Repeals
(4) In those sections regulations under this section are referred to as “CIL regulations”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/205 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-205
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