Levy Notices




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 104 — 24 SEPTEMBER 2015

  1. DSPs are not required to collect levies on Tb reactors but will be required to report the number of reactor deer slaughtered to DINZ in their monthly returns. The levy will be waived for those Tb reactors which are identified with an official reactor tag and where they arrive at the DSP accompanied by an official permit to move.

  2. A nil rate of levy applies to any farmed deer or killed game deer carcasses which are wholly condemned for any reason following slaughter or receipt into a PH.

  3. No levy is payable in respect of any one farmed deer carcass or piece of velvet more than once.

  4. These rates of levy come into effect on and from 1 October 2015 and apply until 30 September 2016, or until such time as new levy rates are fixed and come into force.

  5. Under Regulation 19, notice is given that DINZ fixes the rate of additional levy payable in respect of failure to pay, or late payment of, amounts of levy payable on or after 1 October 2015 at 10 per cent of the amount of levy unpaid.

  6. The additional levy for failure to pay or late payment may be applied by DINZ at a rate of 10 per cent on the outstanding balance following expiration of the period within which payment is required to be received by DINZ, and is payable by the DSP or PH concerned.

  7. Of the DINZ levy, a portion will be paid to TBfree New Zealand as the deer industry’s contribution to TBfree New Zealand’s activities under the national pest management strategy for bovine tuberculosis. A further portion will be paid to NAIT Limited as the deer industry’s contribution to the National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme. The DINZ levy will be broken down as follows:

9.1 For Deer Industry New Zealand:

  • Venison (fallow) 7 cents per kilogram.
  • Venison (other) 14 cents per kilogram.
  • Velvet (fallow) 40 cents per kilogram.
  • Velvet (other) $2.75 per kilogram.

9.2 For TBfree New Zealand:

  • Venison 5 cents per kilogram.
  • Velvet 50 cents per kilogram.

9.3 For NAIT Limited:

  • Venison 0.50 cents per kilogram.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 2015.

D. COUP, Chief Executive, Deer Industry New Zealand.

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Arable Crops Levy

Pursuant to section 4 of the Commodity Levies (Arable Crops) Order 2012 (“the Order”), a levy has been imposed on, and shall be payable by, the producers of any arable commodity grown in New Zealand.

In accordance with section 13 of the Order, the Foundation for Arable Research Incorporated has determined the levy rates for 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 are set as follows:

  • Herbage and amenity seed - 0.8% of sale value.
  • All other grain and seed crops (cereals, pulses etc) - 0.8% of sale value.
  • Open pollinated vegetable seed crops - 0.8% of sale value.
  • Hybrid vegetable seed crops - 0.5% of sale value.
  • Onion seed crops will be zero rated.

Dated this 17th day of September 2015.

N. PYKE, Chief Executive, Foundation for Arable Research Incorporated.

Contact Details: Foundation for Arable Research Incorporated, PO Box 23133, Templeton 8445.



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🌾 Deer Industry New Zealand Levy Rates (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
24 September 2015
Levy Rates, Venison, Velvet, Deer Industry, TBfree New Zealand, NAIT Limited
  • D. Coup, Chief Executive, Deer Industry New Zealand

🌾 Arable Crops Levy

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
17 September 2015
Levy Rates, Herbage, Amenity Seed, Grain, Seed Crops, Vegetable Seed, Onion Seed
  • N. Pyke, Chief Executive, Foundation for Arable Research Incorporated