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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Miscellaneous provisions - Levy on specified CVoD providers

149A: Payment of annual levy by specified CVoD provider

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"Specified video providers must pay a yearly fee to help fund the Classification Office."

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You have to pay a yearly fee if you are a specified CVoD provider. You pay this fee to the Classification Office. The fee helps pay for the office's work to support the purpose of Part 3A. You pay the fee for each year you are listed in Schedule 4. This starts on 1 July each year. You must pay the fee by the later of these two dates: 28 days after you get an invoice or 31 July. You pay the fee to the Classification Office, which is calculated using section 149B.

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Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Levy on specified CVoD providers

149APayment of annual levy by specified CVoD provider

  1. A specified CVoD provider must pay to the Classification Office an annual levy prescribed by, or calculated in accordance with, regulations made under section 149B.

  2. The levy is payable to the Classification Office to fund the costs of its activities in support of the purpose of Part 3A.

  3. A provider must pay the levy for each financial year beginning on 1 July (or part of the year) during which the provider is listed in Schedule 4.

  4. In respect of a financial year beginning on 1 July, a provider must pay the levy on or before the later of the following:

  5. the 28th day after an invoice is sent; or
    1. 31 July of that financial year.

      Notes
      • Section 149A: inserted, on , by section 23 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Commercial Video on-Demand) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 49).