Commodity Levies (Fresh Vegetables) Order 2019

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Reprint as at 20 December 2019

(LI 2019/41)

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 25th day of February 2019

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This order is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.

This order is made under section 4 of the Commodity Levies Act 1990—

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture made in accordance with sections 5 and 6 of that Act.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
	Levy imposed
4	Levy on fresh vegetables
	Paying levy
5	Growers primarily responsible for paying levy
6	Collection agent must pay levy and may recover it from growers
7	Conscientious objectors
8	When levy payable by growers
9	When levy payable by collection agents
10	Additional levy if levy not paid in time
	Setting levy rate
11	Basis for calculating levy
12	Levy must be paid at single rate
13	Maximum levy rate
14	Fixing levy rate
15	Notifying levy rate
	Spending levy money
16	VegetablesNZ must spend levy money
17	Purposes for which levy money may be spent
18	Consulting on spending levy money
	Returns, records, and confidentiality
19	Returns
20	Growers must keep records
21	Collection agents must keep records
22	VegetablesNZ must keep records
23	Records must be kept for 2 years
24	Confidentiality of information
	Compliance audits
25	Remunerating auditors
	Dispute resolution
26	Appointment of mediators
27	Remunerating mediators
28	Conferences under control of mediator
29	Conference must be held in private
30	Representatives
31	Right to be heard
32	Evidence
33	Mediator may resolve dispute in certain cases
34	Mediation costs
35	Appeal to District Court
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Reprint notes