Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
The effect of correcting the errors is that the management agency must, when fixing and charging a levy for a levy year, do the following things before the levy year starts on 1 June:
consult with beekeepers on how the levy money is to be spent (see clauses 10 and 16 of the principal order); and
fix and notify the rate of levy after the consultation, but before 20 January (see clauses 10 and 12 of the principal order); and
calculate the levy on the basis of the number of bee colonies owned by a beekeeper on 31 March (see clause 7 of the principal order); and
send an account for the levy to each beekeeper at least 28 days before 1 June (see clause 13 of the principal order).
The beekeepers must then pay the levy on or before 1 June (see clause 13 of the principal order).
An effect of the previous amendment order was that the levy calculated on the basis of the number of bee colonies owned by a beekeeper on 31 March 2020 was said to be for the levy year that started on 1 June 2019 and ended on 31 May 2020. This levy, however, should be for the levy year that started on 1 June 2020 and ends on 31 May 2021. This order includes amendments to Schedule 1 of the principal order to correct the error and to provide for the payment of outstanding amounts of that levy.
This order is a confirmable instrument under section 47B of the Legislation Act 2012. It is revoked at the close of 31 December 2021 unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament. That stated time is the applicable deadline under section 47C(1)(b) of that Act.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 9 July 2020.
This order is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.