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1 [( 1 ) With effect from the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Mah. XXIV of 2023), and subject to the provisions of this Act, there shall be levied a Fire and Emergency Service Fee, for the purposes of this Act on all owners or occupiers, as the case may be, of buildings as classified in Schedule-II (hereinafter, in this Chapter, referred to as "the said Schedule"), within the areas of a local authority or a planning authority (hereinafter, save as otherwise mentioned, throughout in this Act, collectively referred to as "the Authority"), or other areas, to which this Act applies. ( 2 ) The rate of such fee, in respect of each type of building situated within the area of any of the Authority and the areas to which this Act applies, shall be such as specified in Schedule-II.] ( 3 ) 2 [The Authority and in the areas outside the limits of the Authorities to which this Act applies, the Director may,] subject to the other provisions of this Chapter, enhance, from time to time, the rate of fee, including the annual fee and levy the fee at such enhanced rate: Provided that, 3 [The Authority, and in the areas outside the limits of the Authorities to which this Act applies, the Director may,] subject to the other provisions of this Chapter, reduce, from time to time, such enhanced rate and levy fee at such reduced rate, so, however, that in no case the rate shall be reduced below 4 [the rate specified in the said schedule]. ( 4 ) In determining the rate of fee to be enhanced or reduced under sub-section ( 3 ), 5 [or the Director] shall take into consideration the balance available in the Fire Protection Fund constituted under section 25 and the estimated income and expenditure (including any capital expenditure) of the 6 [Fire and Emergency Services] and ensure that the expenditure incurred or to be incurred has reasonable correlation with the carrying out of the purposes of this Act. ( 5 ) The other matters relating to imposition (including guidelines), assessment and collection of such fee shall be such as may be prescribed.