NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 123

Australia New Zealand Food Authority

Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991

Food Standards

The Australia New Zealand Food Authority advises progress on the following matters relating to food standards. You can get information papers on each of these matters from the ANZFA website www.anzfa.govt.nz or from:

The Information Officer
Australia New Zealand Food Authority
PO Box 10-559
Wellington

Telephone: (04) 473 9942
Facsimile: (04) 473 9855
Email: nz.reception@anzfa.gov.au

Call for Submissions—Applications

The authority has made preliminary assessments, accepted the following applications for further consideration, and will now make full assessments of them. You are invited to present written submissions to the authority, including the potential regulatory impact on consumers, industry and government, by Wednesday, 27 October 1999.

The information papers on these matters provide further information including advice on the authority's policy regarding submissions:

• Use of BCDMH as a Processing Aid (A393).
• Energy Drinks (A394).

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New Zealand Fishing Industry Board

Fishing Industry Board Act 1963

Fish Levy Notice 1999

Pursuant to section 14 of the Fishing Industry Board Act 1963, the New Zealand Fishing Industry Board gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Amendment to the Fish Levy Notice 1999.

(2) This notice shall come into force on 1 October 1999.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“the Act” means the Fishing Industry Board Act 1963:

“Adjacent waters” means waters of the sea adjacent to New Zealand fisheries waters:

“Board” means the New Zealand Fishing Industry Board:

“Greenweight” means, in relation to fish, the weight of the fish before any processing commences and before any part is removed; and, in relation to processed fish, means the weight of the fish, in the state to which it has been processed, translated to the greenweight using the applicable conversion factor for the time being set or specified under section 188 of the Fisheries Act 1996:

“The regulations” means the Fish Levy Regulations 1976.

(2) Subject to subclause (3), every reference in this notice to the weight of fish shall be construed as a reference to the greenweight of the fish.

(3) Expressions not defined in this notice but defined in the Act or the regulations have, in this notice, the meanings so defined.

3. General levies on fish—(1) There shall be payable to the board, by every wholesaler, in respect of all fish purchased by the wholesaler (otherwise than from another wholesaler) an amount equal to the sum of—

(a) The amount in respect of fishermen for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish purchased at the appropriate rate specified in Column A of the Schedule; and

(b) The amount in respect of wholesalers for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish purchased at the appropriate rate specified in Column B of the Schedule; and

(c) The amount in respect of retailers for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish purchased at the appropriate rate specified in Column C of the Schedule.

4. Goods and services tax—The levies prescribed by this notice are exclusive of goods and services tax.

5. Amendment—The notice entitled “Fish Levy Notice 1999” published on page 918 of the New Zealand Gazette of 25 March 1999 is consequentially amended.

Schedule

Clause 3

General Levies on Fish

Dated at Auckland this 4th day of September 1999.

C. T. HORTON, Chairman, New Zealand Fishing Industry Board.

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