Part 9Cost recovery
123Penalties for failure to pay fee, levy, or charge
Where a person has failed to pay to the Director-General by the due date any fee, levy, or charge payable under this Part,—
- section 14 of the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997 applies to increase the amount payable; and
- section 15 of that Act applies to allow the Director-General, in appropriate cases, to waive the payment of all or any of the amount of any such increase; and
- section 16 of that Act applies to allow the Director-General to withdraw, or refuse to provide the person in default with, any service of the kind to which the debt relates.
For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) of this section and section 16 of the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997, and without limiting the generality of that section 16, the references in those provisions to the withdrawal or refusal to provide any service are to be treated as also authorising the Director-General, in an appropriate case, to—
- withhold or suspend any approval under this Act, or refuse to perform any function under this Act in relation to the person in default:
- withhold the registration of any exporter or risk management programme, or the listing of any homekill or recreational catch service provider, under this Act, or require the suspension of any relevant operations of the exporter or operator of the risk management programme:
- withhold any official assurance.
Where the withdrawal of any approval or registration under this section, or any suspension of operations, requires the Director-General to provide any further service, perform any further function, or incur any further costs in the interests of ensuring the fitness for intended purpose of the animal product involved in the withdrawal or suspension, the Director-General may recover any reasonable amount for the additional service, function, or costs as a debt due from the person who owns or is responsible for the operation concerned.