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Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2007 (SR 2007/130) (as at 01 July 2019) Schedule 1 Fees and charges – New Zealand Legislation
rr 6, 7, 10
Schedule 1: replaced, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 7 of the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/94).
Schedule 1 Part 1: replaced, on 1 July 2019, by regulation 5(1) of the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/123).
Schedule 1 Part 2: replaced, on 1 July 2019, by regulation 5(1) of the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/123).
Part 3 Costs incurred by Ministry at request of operator, etc
The costs include, but are not limited to,—
For technical staff providing support for the delivery of specialist services in relation to functions, duties, or powers under the Animal Products Act 1999 or any regulations or notice made under that Act, a fee of $155.00 per hour is payable, in 15-minute increments, by the person whose actions result in the function, duty, or power being required to be exercised or performed.
Where travel of a Ministry officer or employee is required for any of the matters specified in Parts 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8, an additional amount of $0.67 per kilometre travelled by the officer or employee is payable in addition to the relevant fee or charge.
Part 5 Cost of other work-related allowances
Additional amounts are payable in respect of the actual and reasonable cost to the Ministry of work-related allowances paid to Ministry officers and employees where these are fairly attributable to any of the matters specified in Parts 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8.
Without limiting the generality of what constitutes a work-related allowance, these include matters such as meal allowances, clothing and laundry allowances, and field, standby, and isolation allowances.
Part 6 Charges for use of electronic certification system
For industry users that access the Ministry’s electronic certification system, charges based on the following formula are payable in respect of each database request and each second of time spent on the server:
(cost per request + cost per second) × appropriate percentage
cost per request is the amount fixed from time to time by the Director-General by notice under section 167(1)﻿(ma) of the Animal Products Act 1999 for each database request, having regard to clause 2
cost per second is the amount fixed from time to time by the Director-General by notice under section 167(1)﻿(ma) for each second of time on the server, having regard to clause 2
appropriate percentage is,—
for industry users of a class for which recognised agency use of the electronic certification system is not required, 55%:
for all other industry users, 100%.
In setting any cost per request or cost per second, the aim is for these costs to reflect usage of the electronic certification system for the relevant year or other period, with regular updating if appropriate.
This Part applies to all users of the electronic certification system.
Part 7 Ministry verification charges
The charges set out in this Part apply where any verification function under the Animal Products Act 1999 is carried out by an officer or employee of the Ministry.
The charges set out in this Part are exclusive of goods and services tax, and goods and services tax on these charges will be added to the total invoice.
a 4 × 10 hour day roster means designated hours of work that are identified by the employer as a 4 × 10 hour day roster
after-hours callout charges refer to charges payable for hours where a veterinary or non-veterinary verifier performs verification functions at any place or premises outside normal agreed hours of work, and are chargeable for those hours in substitution for any establishment or circuit charges
breakfast shift refers to the situation where the verification functions carried out by a verifier in any day are commenced before 6 am
circuit charges refer to charges payable in respect of any place or premises where the verification or advice functions are performed by Ministry staff who are not permanently or semi-permanently based at the place or premises
disestablishment charges means the charges payable in respect of the disestablishment of the position of a veterinary verifier due to the closure of an operator’s premises or the reduction of operations at those premises
double time refers to overtime hours worked by a verifier for which the verifier is entitled, by his or her employment contract, to double time rates
establishment charges refer to charges payable in respect of any place or premises where the verification functions are performed by Ministry verifiers who are permanently or semi-permanently based at the place or premises
non-veterinary verifier means a verifier who is not a veterinarian registered under the Veterinarians Act 2005
penal rate 0.5 means—
the rate per hour of penal time worked by an employee during the period between midnight and 2 am Monday to Thursday; and
the rate per hour of the first 3 hours of penal time worked by an employee during the period between—
midnight at the end of Friday; and
midday Saturday; and
the rate per hour of penal time worked by an employee for the ninth and tenth hours between 6 am and 10 pm when an employee worked a 4 × 10 hour day roster between Monday to Friday
penal rate 1.0 means—
the rate for every hour of penal time worked by an employee during the period between 2 am and 6 am Monday to Friday other than hours to which penal rate 0.5 applies; and
the rate for every hour of penal time worked by an employee during the period midnight at the end of Friday to midnight at the end of Sunday other than hours to which penal rate 0.5 applies; and
the rate for every hour of penal time worked by an employee on a statutory holiday; and
the rate per hour of penal time worked by an employee for the ninth and tenth hours between 10 pm and 6 am when an employee worked a 4 × 10 hour day roster between Monday to Friday
penal rate 2.0 means the rate for every hour of penal time worked by an employee other than hours to which penal rate 0.5 and 1.0 apply
penal time refers to hours worked by a verifier for which the verifier is entitled, by his or her contract of employment, to penal rates, being hours (other than overtime) worked within a 40-hour week from Monday to Sunday or on a statutory holiday
reserve rate refers to the rate for hours worked by a reserve verifier
reserve verifier means a temporary veterinary verifier or supervising veterinary verifier who undertakes the work of an establishment verifier while that verifier is on annual leave or is otherwise absent on a temporary basis
shift rates refers to the rates applicable to the case where a verifier is entitled, by his or her employment contract, to extra remunerations for working shifts
supervising veterinary verifier means a veterinary verifier who has prime responsibility for the verification functions at a place or premises
time and a half, or 1½ time, refers to overtime hours worked by a verifier for which the verifier is entitled, by his or her employment contract, to time and a half rates
veterinary verifier means a verifier who is a veterinarian registered under the Veterinarians Act 2005.
1 Establishment charge
A Basic hourly charge on export and game sectors
For each hour normal time (but not penal time hours or 1½ or double time hours) spent by a verifier in verification functions
B Hourly charges for verifiers
(1) Veterinary verifier—
(a) non-shift rates—
per hour $70.30
per hour at 1½ time $105.50
per hour at double time $140.60
(b) shift rates
$41.00 per shift per verifier for evening shift
$41.00 per shift per verifier for night shift
(c) penal rates
the relevant rates specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), plus an additional rate of—
$35.20 per hour per verifier for penal time worked at penal rate 0.5
$70.30 per hour per verifier for penal time worked at penal rate 1.0
$140.60 per hour per verifier for penal time worked at penal rate 2.0
(d) reserve rate
$70.30 per hour for each hour worked by a reserve verifier
(2) Supervising veterinary verifier—
per hour $75.10
per hour at 1½ time $112.60
per hour at double time $150.20
the relevant rate specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), plus an additional rate of—
$37.60 per hour per verifier for penal time worked at penal rate 0.5
$75.10 per hour per verifier for penal time worked at penal rate 1.0
$150.20 per hour per verifier for penal time worked at penal rate 2.0
$75.10 per hour for each hour worked by a reserve verifier
3 After-hours callout charge
Minimum charge for any individual after-hours callout, however long
charge for 3 hours at the relevant rate under item B (plus flat rate $8.70 breakfast shift charge, if applicable)
$75.00 (plus flat rate $8.70 breakfast shift charge, if applicable)
(b) per hour at 1½ time
$125.00 (plus flat rate $8.70 breakfast shift charge, if applicable)
(c) per hour at double time
$150.00 (plus flat rate $8.70 breakfast shift charge, if applicable)
4 Disestablishment charges
Where verifier employed by operator for less than 12 months
the actual cost of transfer or relocation; or
the actual cost of retraining; or
the actual cost of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), if both are applicable; or
the actual cost of redundancy; or
the amount derived by multiplying the total ordinary pay during the period employed by 0.04165—
but in no case is the charge under paragraph (a), (b), (c), or (d) to exceed $55,000.
Where verifier employed by operator for 12 months or more
an amount calculated using the following formula:
(a × 0.08) + (a × 0.04)﻿(b − 1) + (a × c × 0.0333) + (da)
is the veterinary verifier’s total ordinary pay for the immediately preceding 12 months
is the lesser of 19 or the number of completed years of employment with the operator
is any completed months of employment in respect of an additional period of employment with the operator of less than 12 months
if the period of employment completed is 1 year or more but not more than 3 years
if the period of employment completed is more than 3 years but not more than 5 years
if the period of employment completed is more than 5 years
5 Charge for establishing verification services premises at any location
The actual and reasonable costs associated with establishing a full time Verification Services presence at any premises, including, but not limited to,—
capital items such as computer terminals, monitors, printers, office furniture, storage, telephones, and technical equipment; and
expenses such as costs for recruitment, transfer, relocation, induction and training, salaries, new health and safety equipment, new folders, stationary, lockable cupboards, inspection stamps, and reject and hold tags
Schedule 1 Part 7 item 2 relating to circuit charge: replaced, on 1 July 2019, by regulation 5(2) of the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/123).
Schedule 1 Part 8: replaced, on 1 July 2019, by regulation 5(3) of the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/123).