National Animal Identification and Tracing (Levies) Amendment Regulations 2016
Reprint as at 17 December 2016
National Animal Identification and Tracing (Levies) Amendment Regulations 2016
(LI 2016/97)
Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government
Order in Council
At Wellington this 16th day of May 2016
Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council
Note
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.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
These regulations are made under section 62 of the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
on the recommendation of the Minister for Primary Industries made after being satisfied that the requirements in section 60 of that Act have been complied with.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Levies) Amendment Regulations 2016.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2016.
Regulations: confirmed, on 17 December 2016, by section 15 of the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2016 (2016 No 103).
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Levies) Regulations 2012 (the principal regulations).
4 Regulation 5 amended (Levies imposed)
Replace regulation 5(3) with:
(3)
An impracticable to tag levy is imposed on an owner of an animal if—
(a)
the PICA for the animal (other than a fallow deer of any age or gender or a trophy stag) has decided under regulation 17(2) of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Obligations and Exemptions) Regulations 2012 that it is impracticable to fit a NAIT device to the animal; and
(b)
the animal is slaughtered at a meat processing facility.
5 Regulation 10 amended (Maximum rates)
Replace regulation 10(3) and (4) with:
(3)
The maximum rate for the impracticable to tag levy for a cattle animal or deer is, for 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2019, $18.77 per cattle animal or deer (exclusive of GST).
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2016 and amend the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Levies) Regulations 2012 (the principal regulations).
Regulation 5(3) is consequentially amended to remove references that have been revoked by the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Obligations and Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2016.
Regulation 10 is amended to continue the current maximum levy rate of $18.77 for impracticable to tag cattle animals and deer until 30 June 2019.
These regulations are a confirmable instrument under section 47B of the Legislation Act 2012. They are revoked at the close of 30 June 2017 unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament. That stated time is the applicable deadline under section 47C(1)(a) of that Act.
Date of notification in Gazette: 19 May 2016.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Levies) Amendment Regulations 2016 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2016 (2016 No 103): section 15