Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Animal Products Act 1999

Cost recovery

120: Other charges not requiring to be prescribed

You could also call this:

"Paying for extra help from the Ministry that doesn't have a fixed fee"

The Director-General can ask you to pay a reasonable charge for services the Ministry provides. This is for things like helping with the Animal Products Act, but not for services that already have a set fee. You might have to pay for things like getting information over the phone, or for the Ministry to send you information by mail, fax, or email.

The Ministry can also charge you for written material, unless the law says it has to be free. You might have to pay to access the Ministry's website, or to use library or research services about animal products. The Director-General can charge you for services related to an animal product business.

Any money the Ministry gets from these charges must be paid into the Departmental Bank Account.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM35727.

Previous

119: Trust accounts required to be kept by persons collecting levies, or

"People who collect levies must keep a special separate bank account for that money."

Next

121: Exemptions, waivers, and refunds, or

"When you don't have to pay a fee, or get money back, because of special rules"

Part 9Cost recovery

120Other charges not requiring to be prescribed

  1. Nothing in this Part or any other provision of this Act prevents the Director-General from requiring a reasonable charge to be paid for any of the services the Ministry provides in relation to the administration of this Act, or any actual and reasonable expenses incurred in providing the services, other than services in respect of which a fee or charge or levy is prescribed under this Part.

  2. Without limiting subsection (1), and for the avoidance of doubt, the Director-General may—

  3. operate a telephone information service for which each caller pays according to their usage or on some averaged basis:
    1. charge persons for the cost of mailing, faxing, emailing, or couriering information to them:
      1. charge for the cost of written material, unless that material is required by an Act or by regulations made under this Act to be provided free of charge:
        1. charge for access to any website, or for information or services provided by any website, operated by the Ministry:
          1. charge for access to any library or research services provided in relation to matters pertaining to animal material, animal products, or associated things:
            1. charge any person for services provided in relation to an animal product business or otherwise under this Act.

              1. All money received as a result of such charges received by the Ministry must be paid into the Departmental Bank Account.