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Animal Products Act 1999

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118: Regulations may impose levies

You could also call this:

"The government can create rules that require people to pay a fee for certain animal products."

The Governor-General can make rules that say you have to pay a levy, which is a type of fee, for certain things related to animal products. You might have to pay this levy if you are registered or listed under certain parts of the Animal Products Act, such as Part 2 or Part 6. The rules can say how much you have to pay and when you have to pay it.

The rules can be different for different people or businesses, and they can be based on things like the type of animal product you are dealing with. The Minister has to be satisfied that certain requirements have been met before they can recommend that the Governor-General make these rules.

The rules can also say how levies are collected and who is responsible for collecting them, and they can require people to keep separate accounts for the levy money they collect. If there is a dispute about a levy, the rules can say how it will be resolved, and you can find more information about this in the Legislation Act 2019.

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118Regulations may impose levies

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations prescribing levies for the purposes of this Act, including levies payable on an ongoing basis by a person given a particular status under this Act (for example, for ongoing registration under Part 2 or 5, for ongoing listing under Part 6, or for ongoing recognition under Part 8).

  2. Different levies or rates of levy or bases on which an amount of levy is to be calculated or ascertained may be prescribed for different purposes, and different levies or rates of levy or bases for calculation may be set for different classes or descriptions of animal material, animal products, persons or businesses, operations, or other matters, or any combination of them.

  3. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations imposing levies may—

  4. specify when and how any levy is to be paid:
    1. require that any levy, or estimated amount of levy, be paid in advance of performance of the services or functions to which it relates:
      1. specify persons, other than persons primarily responsible for paying the levy, who are to be responsible for collecting a levy, and provide for retention of any part of the levy money collected as a fee for that service:
        1. require, or empower the Director-General to require, the provision of information and returns in relation to levies:
          1. require the keeping of separate trust accounts for levy money received or deducted by persons responsible for collecting levies, and prescribe matters in relation to such trust accounts:
            1. prescribe a method of arbitration or mediation in the case of disputes as to—and provide for related matters, including procedures and remuneration for arbitrators or mediators.
              1. whether or not any person is required to pay, or collect, the levy concerned; or
                1. the amount of levy any person is required to pay or collect;—

                2. The Minister may not recommend the making of regulations under this section unless satisfied that, to the extent appropriate in the circumstances, the requirements of sections 113 and 115 have been met.

                3. Where regulations prescribe a formula for determining a levy, the formula may specify the value of 1 or more of its components as being an amount or amounts notified for those components by the Director-General by notice under section 167(1).

                4. Regulations under this section—

                5. are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); and
                  1. must be confirmed by an Act (see subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019).

                    Notes
                    • Section 118(1): replaced, on , by section 146(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                    • Section 118(5): inserted, on , by section 146(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                    • Section 118(6): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).