New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

18 Purposes for which levy money may be spent

• (1) SNZI may spend the levy money for the following purposes relating to summerfruit or the growing of summerfruit:

  • (a) product development:

  • (b) market research and development:

  • (c) protection or improvement of plant health:

  • (d) development and implementation of quality assurance programmes:

  • (e) research as permitted by section 10 of the Commodity Levies Act 1990:

  • (f) education:

  • (g) day-to-day administration of SNZI.

  (2) SNZI must not spend any levy money on commercial or trading activities unless the Minister of Agriculture gives written approval in accordance with section 10(4) and (5) of the Commodity Levies Act 1990.