14 AUGUST 2014

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 91

2615

• Application for "removal of exclusion" course approval by providers who do not provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification
  3,763.15

• Application for approval of courses to equip registered oral health practitioners for registration in an additional scope of practice, for course providers who do provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification
  3,444.44

• Application for approval of courses to equip registered oral health practitioners for registration in an additional scope of practice, for course providers who do not provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification
  6,031.11

• Application for an electronic copy of the published Dental Council Register
  200.00

Annotation of Notes

1Fee will be adjusted for any specific requirements of the individual programme and 3rd party costings at the time the programme is established.

2Direct professional fees and travel expenses for Supervisors, those providing oversight, Tutor/Course Administrators etc are to be reimbursed by the practitioner on the individual programme. Expenses claimed are on an actual and reasonable basis in accordance with the Dental Council’s fees and expenditure policies. Course materials, venue costs and administration expenses such as postage and photocopying will be charged based on actual costs.

Explanatory Note

This notice updates the Dental Council fee schedule with effect from 1 October 2014. The changes consist of:

• a revised Dentist and Dental Specialist annual practising certificate (APC) fee and disciplinary levy, and consequential changes to the Dentist and Dental Specialist four-month APC fee and levy; and

• a revised annual registration retention fee for non-practising Dentist and Dental Specialist registrants.

All other fees remain unchanged from the previous fee notice, being Oral Health Practitioners (Fees) Notice 2014 (No. 1) notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 27 February 2014, No. 24, page 733.

The changes in fees and levy were consulted on with dental practitioners and other stakeholders during July 2014 and approved by the Dental Council at its meeting on 4 August 2014.

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New Zealand Meat Board

Meat Board Act 2004

European Union Sheepmeat and Goatmeat (228,254 tonnes), and United States Beef and Veal (213,402 tonnes) Reserved Quota Allowance Applications for the 2015 Quota Year

In accordance with the provisions of the Meat Board Act 2004, Quota Allowance Allocation System in Respect of European Union (EU) Sheepmeat and Goatmeat Tariff Rate Quota and the Quota Allowance Allocation System in Respect of United States (US) Beef and Veal Tariff Rate Quota, up to 2% of each of the total annual tariff quotas available to New Zealand is set aside as Reserved Quota Allowance (RQA) for possible allocation to New Entrants.

The closing date for applications from New Entrants (including Year 2 and Year 3 New Entrants) for RQA for the 2015 Quota Year for both tariff quotas is 1 September 2014.

Applications must be made in writing on Form 8 (EU Sheepmeat and Goatmeat) or Form 7 (US Beef and Veal), Section 17 of the respective Quota Manuals.

Printable copies of the appropriate application forms are available from New Zealand Meat Board’s website at www.nzmeatboard.org.

Please Note: Applications for RQA for the 2015 Quota Year must be completed using the correct forms.

Applications received after the closing date will be regarded as late and will be considered only at the discretion of the board.

Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant for completion and therefore risk being received after the closing date.

Applicants must provide:

• a non-refundable New Entrant Application Fee of $10,500.00 + GST for each quota applied for; and

• a Fixed Participation Fee (refundable if the application is not successful) of:

  • $5,000.00 + GST (EU Sheepmeat and Goatmeat);
  • $2,000.00 + GST (US Beef and Veal);

• New Zealand Meat Board Export Registration Number; and

• a Business Plan as outlined in the respective Quota Manuals, including:

  • evidence of procurement details with accompanying letter(s) of confirmation if applicable;
  • evidence of ability to process at an EU or USDA Listed Premises or ability to toll process with accompanying letter(s) of confirmation; and
  • evidence of marketing arrangements with accompanying letter(s) of confirmation if applicable.

New Entrant applicants for EU Sheepmeat and Goatmeat or US Beef and Veal RQA are advised that any New Entrant that has not produced qualifying product by the end of March in the applicable production season shall have any conditional RQA held by that applicant revert to the board for reallocation in accordance with the provisions of the respective Quota Allowance Allocation Systems.