Part 5AGovernment/industry agreement for readiness or response
100ZCEffect of order
This section applies to a levy imposed by a readiness or response levy order.
The levy may be payable to—
- the Director-General; or
- the industry organisation.
If the levy is payable to the industry organisation, it is payable to enable the organisation to meet its commitments under the agreement.
A person responsible for paying the levy must pay it.
The payee may recover a levy from a person responsible for paying it as a debt due in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Nothing in a readiness or response levy order limits or prevents the provision of information to the Government Statistician for the production of official statistics or research under the Data and Statistics Act 2022.
Notes
- Section 100ZC: inserted, on , by section 39 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
- Section 100ZC(6): inserted, on , by section 107(1) of the Data and Statistics Act 2022 (2022 No 39).