Commodity Levies (Meat) Order 2021

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This order will be deemed revoked on the close of 31 December 2022, unless confirmed prior to that date.

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2021/336

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 26th day of October 2021

Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council

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 for Primary Industries given in accordance with sections 5 and 6 of that Act.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Levy imposed
	Responsibility for payment of levy
5	Livestock farmer primarily responsible for paying levy
6	Collection agent to pay levy on meat and recover it from livestock farmer
7	Collection agent must operate trust account
	Setting levy rate
8	Basis of calculation of levy
9	Returns must be supplied to Director-General or other agent
10	Different rates of levy
11	Maximum rate of levy
12	Actual rate of levy
13	Rate if no rate fixed before beginning of levy year
14	Notification of levy rate
	Payment of levy
15	When levy payable
16	Demands for estimated amounts of levy money
17	Penalty for late payment
18	Refunds
19	Payment of levy money by Director-General or other agent to company
	Expenditure of levy money
20	Company or subsidiary must spend levy money
21	Purposes for which levy money may be spent
	Record-keeping and information requirements
22	Records
23	Confidentiality of information
	Miscellaneous
24	Conscientious objectors
25	Remuneration of auditor
	Mediation of disputes
26	Mediation of disputes
27	Remuneration of mediator
28	Conference to resolve dispute
29	Conference to be held in private
30	Representatives
31	Right to be heard
32	Evidence
33	Mediator may resolve dispute in certain cases
34	Costs of mediation
35	Appeal to District Court
36	Order revoked
	Explanatory note
	Administrative Information