Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

81J Penalties for failure to pay fee, levy, or charge

  • (1) If a person has failed to pay to the Director-General by the due date any fee, levy, or charge payable under this Act,—

    • (a) section 14 of the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997 applies to increase the amount payable; and

    • (b) section 15 of that Act applies to allow the Director-General, in appropriate cases, to waive the payment of all or any of the amount of any such increase; and

    • (c) section 16 of that Act applies to allow the Director-General to withdraw, or refuse to provide the person in default with, any service of the kind to which the debt relates.

    (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) of this section and section 16 of the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997, and without limiting the generality of that section 16, the references in those provisions to the withdrawal or refusal to provide any service are to be treated as also authorising the Director-General, in an appropriate case, to—

    • (a) withhold or suspend any registration or approval under this Act, or refuse to perform any function under this Act in relation to the person in default:

    • (b) withhold any certificate of compliance.

    (3) Where any registration or approval is suspended under subsection (2)(a), no person may import, manufacture, or sell a trade name product or agricultural compound under the authority of that registration or approval.

    (4) Where the withholding, withdrawal, or suspension of any approval or registration under this section requires the Director-General to provide any further service, or perform any further function involved in the withholding, withdrawal, or suspension, the Director-General may recover any reasonable amount for the additional service, function, or costs as a debt due from the person in default.

    Section 81J: inserted, on 18 October 2007, by section 51 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).