24 NOVEMBER 2011 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 181 5269

Customs

Customs and Excise Act 1996

Customs and Excise (Rules of Origin–Harmonised System) Amendment Regulations 2011

Pursuant to section 287D of the Customs and Excise Act 1996, notice is hereby given of the making of Regulations under the Customs and Excise Act.

Notice

1. Title—These Regulations are the Customs and Excise (Rules of Origin-Harmonised System) Amendment Regulations 2011.

2. Commencement—These Regulations were made on 3 October 2011 and shall come into force on 1 January 2012.

3. Effect of Regulations—These Regulations amend the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996, by incorporating by reference documents compiled under Regulation 32A(1), Regulation 41(1) and Regulation 51ZZ of the Customs and Excise Regulations.

The above provisions make “rules of origin” changes applicable to imports from Australia (under the ANZCERTA), Hong Kong, China and Malaysia that are the subject of claims for preferential tariff treatment upon entry to New Zealand.

These changes follow one of the World Customs Organisation’s periodic (every five or six years) review of the Harmonised System Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).

As a signatory to the HS Convention, New Zealand is obliged to make certain changes to product-specific rules of origin because our rules of origin are linked to the product numbering and descriptions in the HS.

4. Availability—A copy of these provisions can be viewed at the New Zealand Customs Service website

www.customs.govt.nz

or ordered by mail from New Zealand Customs Service, PO Box 2218, Wellington 6140.

5. Status of Order—This Order is a Regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.

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Education

Education Act 1989

Ministerial Direction on Compulsory Student Services Fees for 2012

Pursuant to sections 227A(1) and 235D(1) of the Education Act 1989, I give the following direction to institutions and registered private training establishments (together referred to in this direction as “providers”):

Objective

1. The objective of the direction is to ensure accountability in the use of compulsory fees for student services.

Coverage

2. All providers that charge a compulsory student services fee to domestic students must comply with the provisions of this direction.

Effective date

3. Providers must give effect to this direction as soon as reasonably practicable after 1 January 2012 and by no later than 1 July 2012.

Decision-making

4. Providers must establish adequate arrangements for decisions to be made jointly, or in consultation with the students enrolled at the provider, or their representatives, on the following matters:

   (a) the maximum amount that students may be charged for student services; and

   (b) the types of services to be delivered (within the categories set out under paragraph 8 of this direction); and

   (c) the procurement of these services; and

   (d) the method for authorising expenditure on these services.

Accounting for the use of compulsory student services fees

5. Providers must either hold compulsory student services fees in a separate bank account, or ensure that all income and expenditure associated with the provision of such services is separately accounted for in the provider’s accounting system.

Reporting on compulsory student services fees

6. Institutions must include a description of the services funded out of the compulsory student services fee and a statement of the fee income and expenditure for each type of student service in their annual report.

7. Registered private training establishments must provide students with a written report, describing the services that have been funded out of the compulsory student services fee and a statement of the fee income and expenditure on each type of student service.