Animal Products （Fees, Charges, and Levies） Regulations 2007
（SR 2007/130）
1 Title
These regulations are the Animal Products （Fees, Charges, and Levies） Regulations 2007.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2007.
3 Dairy processing excluded
Nothing in these regulations requires the payment of any fee, charge, or levy by any dairy processor in respect of dairy processing operations or premises.
4 Fees and charges
（1） The fees and charges set out in Schedule 1 are payable in respect of the matters specified in that schedule.
（2） The fees and charges set out in Schedule 1 apply on and after 1 July 2007.
5 Levies
（1） The levies set out in Schedule 2 are payable in respect of the matters specified in that schedule.
（2） The annual levies set out in Schedule 2 apply on and after 1 July 2007.
6 When fees, charges, and levies payable
（1） Subject to subclauses （2） and （3） and regulation 7, the fees, charges, and levies specified in Schedules 1 and 2 are payable—
（a） on the making of the relevant application or on performance of the relevant service, as the case may require; or
（b） within 10 days, or within such longer period as the Director-General may allow, after receipt of a demand for the appropriate amount from the Director-General.
（2） In the case of the verification charges set out in Part 7 of Schedule 1, those charges are payable monthly in advance on the basis of an estimated charge notified by the Director-General, followed by reconciliation and an appropriate further payment or refund after provision of the actual services.
（3） The amount of any such estimated charge notified by the Director-General is payable on the later of—
（a） the tenth day after notification of the estimated amount by the Director-General; and
（b） either—
（i） in the case of export meat processors, the 27th day of the month preceding the month in which the services are to be provided:
（ii） in all other cases, the 24th day of the month preceding the month in which the services are to be provided.
7 Alternative payment of annual charge
（1） Despite anything in these regulations, the Director-General may, at the request of the person concerned, calculate an annual charge based on an estimate of the fees and charges set out in Schedule 1 that would be payable by the person for the year.
（2） The Director-General must notify the person in writing of the annual charge calculated.
（3） An annual charge calculated under this regulation—
（a） is payable in equal monthly instalments by the 27th day of each month of the year to which it relates （or by the 27th day of the month following that in which the Director-General gives the person written notice of the calculation, if later）； and
（b） is to be subject at the end of the year concerned to reconciliation and an appropriate further payment or refund once the level of the actual services provided is known.
8 Exemptions
No fee, charge, or levy is payable under these regulations in respect of the export of any dog that—
（a） is certified by the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind as being a guide dog, or a dog under training as a guide dog, or a dog intended as breeding stock for guide dogs; or
（b） is certified by the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People New Zealand trust as being a hearing ear dog, or a dog under training as a hearing ear dog, or a dog intended as breeding stock for hearing ear dogs; or
（c） is certified by the Top Dog Companion Trust as being a companion dog, or a dog under training as a companion dog, or a dog intended as breeding stock for companion dogs.
9 Director-General may grant exemption or waiver
The Director-General may grant an exemption from, or waive or refund, any fee, charge, or levy specified in these regulations, in whole or in part, in any appropriate case or class of cases.
10 GST
The fees, charges, and levies in Schedules 1 and 2 determined on an hourly basis or on the basis of the number of animals involved in a relevant activity are inclusive of goods and services tax, unless those schedules specifically provide otherwise.
11 Revocation
The Animal Products （Fees, Charges, and Levies） Regulations 2002 （SR 2002/138） are revoked.
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