11Levy

1. Every service provider, or class of service providers, specified in regulations made under subsection (3) must pay to the Minister, in each appropriation period or part appropriation period (as the case may require), a levy of an amount stated in, or calculated or set or reset in accordance with, those regulations for, or in connection with,—

2. the performance of the Commission's functions and duties under this Act; and
3. the exercise of the Commission's powers under this Act.

4. Subsection (1) applies irrespective of the fact that the regulations are made and come into effect after the date on which the appropriation period or part appropriation period commences.

5. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations—

6. specifying the amounts of levies payable under this section:
7. providing for the method by which those levies will be calculated:
8. specifying the criteria and other requirements by and against which those levies will be set or reset:
9. specifying the appropriation period or part appropriation period to which those levies apply:
10. providing for the payment and collection of those levies:
11. exempting any service provider or class of service providers from paying levies under this section:
12. providing for waivers or refunds of the whole or any part of any levy paid by any service provider or class of service providers under this section.

13. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).