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(1) Nothing in the cost recovery sections or in any other provision of this Act prevents the Director-General from requiring a reasonable charge to be paid for any of the services the Ministry provides in relation to the administration of this Act, or any actual and reasonable expenses incurred in providing the services, other than services in respect of which a fee or charge or levy is prescribed under these cost recovery sections.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), and for the avoidance of doubt, the Director-General may—
(a) operate a telephone information service for which each caller pays according to their usage or on some averaged basis:
(b) charge persons for the cost of mailing, faxing, emailing, or couriering information to them:
(c) charge for the cost of written material, unless that material is required by an Act or by regulations made under this Act to be provided free of charge:
(d) charge for access to any website, or for information or services provided by any website, operated by the Ministry:
(e) charge for access to any library or research services provided in relation to matters pertaining to agricultural compounds, or associated things:
(f) charge any person for services provided in relation to a business importing, manufacturing, selling, or using agricultural compounds or otherwise under this Act.
(3) All money received as a result of such charges received by the Ministry must be paid into the Departmental Bank Account.
Section 81G: inserted, on 18 October 2007, by section 51 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).
