New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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2009/167
Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government
At Wellington this 15th day of June 2009
Present:
The Hon John Key presiding in Council
Pursuant to section 166 of the Animal Products Act 1999, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
These regulations are the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2009.
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2009.
These regulations amend the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2007.
(1) Part 1 of Schedule 1 is amended by adding the items set out in Schedule 1 of these regulations.
(2) Part 7 of Schedule 1 is amended by omitting the items relating to establishment charge and circuit charge and substituting the items set out in Schedule 2 of these regulations.
(1) The item relating to lambs, bobby calves, goats in clause 1 of note 3 of Schedule 2 is amended by omitting “$0.09”
and substituting “$0.10”
.
(2) The item relating to sheep in clause 1 of note 3 of Schedule 2 is amended by omitting “$0.08”
and substituting “$0.11”
.
(3) The item relating to cattle, horses in clause 1 of note 3 of Schedule 2 is amended by omitting “$0.69”
and substituting “$0.76”
.
Schedule 1 |
| Matter in respect of which fee is payable under Animal Products Act 1999 | Fee* | |||
| 30 | Application to be certified as either a certified supplier (wild animals) or a certified game estate supplier under Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption) Notice 2004 | $137.25 per application plus assessment charge on hourly basis specified in Part 2 | ||
| 31 | Application for listing as further (pet food) processor under Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Animal Consumption) Notice 2006 | $137.25 per application plus assessment charge on hourly basis specified in Part 2 |
Schedule 2 |
| 1 | Establishment charge | ||||
| A | Basic hourly charge on export and game sectors | ||||
For each hour normal time (but not penal time hours or 1 or double time hours) spent by a verifier in verification functions | $38.04 | ||||
| B | Hourly charges for verifiers | ||||
| (1) | Veterinary verifier— | ||||
| (a) | non-shift rates— | ||||
| per hour | $68.12 | ||||
| per hour at 1 time | $82.61 | ||||
| per hour at double time | $110.15 | ||||
| (b) | shift rates | the relevant rate specified in paragraph (a), plus an additional rate of—
| |||
| (c) | penal rates | the relevant rates specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), plus an additional rate of—
| |||
| (d) | reserve rate | $55.07 per hour for each hour worked by a reserve verifier | |||
| (2) | Supervising veterinary verifier— | ||||
| (a) | non-shift rates— | ||||
| per hour | $72.50 | ||||
| per hour at 1 time | $89.18 | ||||
| per hour at double time | $118.91 | ||||
| (b) | shift rates | the relevant rate specified in paragraph (a), plus an additional rate of—
| |||
| (c) | penal rates | the relevant rate specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), plus an additional rate of—
| |||
| (d) | reserve rate | $59.46 per hour for each hour worked by a reserve verifer | |||
| 2 | Circuit charge | ||||
| A | Basic hourly charge on primary processors who slaughter or dress animals other than fish | ||||
Charge for each hour spent by a verifier in verification function for animals other than fish | $20.97 per hour | ||||
| B | Basic hourly charge on secondary processors (other than processors of fish and operators of coolstores or other storage premises) | ||||
Charge for each hour spent by a verifier in verification function | $20.97 per hour | ||||
| C | Annual charge for coolstores or other storage premises, and for processors of fish | ||||
(to be pro-rated on a monthly basis where verification contract for less than a full year) | |||||
| (a) | coolstores or other storage premises, per coolstore or other premises | $1,100.00 per annum | |||
| (b) | primary processing (including on a fishing vessel) of fish other than bivalve molluscan shellfish | $549.00 per annum | |||
| (c) | primary processing of bivalve molluscan shellfish | $1,547.00 | |||
| D | Monthly charge for fishing vessels | ||||
Charge per vessel (in addition to any relevant charge under item C) | $20.35 | ||||
| E | Hourly charges for verifiers | ||||
(for all verification activities) | |||||
| (1) | Non-veterinary verifier— | ||||
| (a) | non-penal rates— | ||||
| per hour (excluding seafood and coolstore premises) | $93.04 | ||||
| per hour for seafood and coolstores premises | $93.04 | ||||
| per hour at 1 time | $128.85 | ||||
| per hour at double time | $171.80 | ||||
| (b) | penal rates | the relevant rate specified in paragraph (a), plus an additional rate of—
| |||
| (2) | Veterinary verifier— | ||||
| (a) | non-penal rates— | ||||
| per hour (excluding seafood and coolstore premises) | $93.04 | ||||
| per hour for seafood and coolstores premises | $93.04 | ||||
| per hour at 1 time | $128.85 | ||||
| per hour at double time | $171.80 | ||||
| (b) | penal rates | the relevant rate specified in paragraph (a), plus an additional rate of—
| |||
Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 July 2009, amend the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2007, which provide for the payment of fees, charges, and levies payable under the Animal Products Act 1999 (the principal Act).
The amendments—
add 2 new items to Part 1 of Schedule 1, which sets out fees payable in respect of approvals, accreditations, and registrations under the principal Act. The new fees that are added relate to applications to be certified as either a certified supplier (wild animals) or a certified game estate supplier under the Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption) Notice 2004 and applications for listing as a further (pet food) processor under the Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Animal Consumption) Notice 2006:
substitute new charges in Part 7 of Schedule 1, which relate to New Zealand Food Safety Authority verification charges:
increase the levies per head (GST exclusive) where animals are slaughtered and dressed for operators that process wholly or partly export lambs, bobby calves, and goats from $0.09 per head to $0.10 per head, sheep from $0.08 per head to $0.11 per head, and cattle and horses from $0.69 per head to $0.76 per head.
Date of notification in Gazette: 18 June 2009.
These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.