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Wine Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/97) (as at 11 December 2015) – New Zealand Legislation
(LI 2015/97)
Pursuant to sections 88, 89, 92, and 119 of the Wine Act 2003, His Excellency the Governor-General makes the following regulations, acting—
4 Regulations 15 to 17 and cross-heading replaced
These regulations are the Wine Amendment Regulations 2015.
Regulations: confirmed, on 11 December 2015, by section 17 of the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015 (2015 No 119).
Replace regulations 15 to 17 and the cross-heading above regulation 15 with:
The fees and charges set out in Schedule 1 and the levies set out in Schedule 2 are payable in respect of the matters to which they relate.
The fees and charges set out in Schedule 1 and the levies set out in Schedule 2 are payable—
The Director-General may grant an exemption from, or may waive or refund, any fee or charge set out in Schedule 1 or levy set out in Schedule 2, in whole or in part, in any particular case or class of case.
Schedule New Schedules 1 and 2
1 Notification for an exemption under regulation 5A from operating under a registered wine standards management plan $155 per notification
Plus assessment charge on hourly basis after the first hour, as specified in Part 2 The notifying winemaker
2 Notification of change in operator’s recognised verifying agency under section 13(f) of Act $77.50 per notification
Plus assessment charge on hourly basis after the first 30 minutes, as specified in Part 2 The operator of a wine standards management plan
3 Application based solely on template approved by Director-General for registration of wine standards management plan in accordance with section 18 of Act $155 per application
Plus assessment charge on hourly basis after the first hour, as specified in Part 2 The applicant
4 Application not based solely on template approved by Director-General for registration of wine standards management plan in accordance with section 18 of Act $155 per application
5 Application for registration of significant amendment to wine standards management plan under section 22 of Act $77.50 per application
Plus assessment charge on hourly basis after the first 30 minutes, as specified in Part 2 The applicant
6 Notification for registration of a minor amendment to wine standards management plan under section 23 of Act $77.50 per notification
7 Application under section 48 of Act for registration as exporter $155 per application
8 Inspection and other individual-focused compliance activities carried out by wine officer under Part 3 of Act $155 per inspection or activity
Plus assessment charge on hourly basis after the first hour, as specified in Part 2 The person who is the subject of the inspection or other compliance activities
9 Application for recognition of agency, person, or class of persons under section 71, 73, or 75 of Act $155 per application
10 Verifications and audits by the Ministry further to its recognition under section 72(1) of Act as a recognised agency $155 per verification or audit
11 Ongoing recognition fee under section 82F of Act $155, payable annually
Plus assessment charge on hourly basis after the first hour, as specified in Part 2 The agency or person recognised
(a) for each hour (excluding final part-hour) spent by a person (whether or not employed by the Ministry) $155.00
(b) for each 15-minute block in final part-hour spent under paragraph (a) $38.75
For technical staff providing support for the delivery of specialist services in relation to functions, duties, or powers under the Act or any regulations or notices made under the Act, a fee of $155 per hour is payable, in 15-minute increments, by the person whose actions result in the function, duty, or power being required to be performed or exercised.
The levies set out in this schedule are payable by each wine business that exports wine.
However, no levy is payable on the first 200 000 litres of wine exported by a wine business in a financial year.
Matters for which levy payable Levy
determining, in accordance with export eligibility requirements specified in a notice made under sections 38 and 120 of the Act, whether wine is eligible for export:
issuing, in accordance with export eligibility requirements specified in a notice made under sections 38 and 120 of the Act, export eligibility approvals:
issuing official assurance in accordance with section 42 of the Act; and
compliance and systems audit activities related to export and carried out under Part 3 of the Act
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2015. They amend the Wine Regulations 2006 (the principal regulations) and prescribe new fees, charges, and levies payable in respect of matters under the Wine Act 2003 (the Act).
Regulation 2 provides that the regulations come into force on 1 July 2015.
Regulation 3 states the Title of the principal regulations.
Regulation 4 replaces regulations 15 to 17 and the cross-heading above regulation 15 of the principal regulations.
New regulation 15 provides that the fees, charges, and levies are set out in the new Schedules 1 and 2, are payable, and are GST exclusive.
New regulation 16 sets out when the fees, charges, and levies are payable.
New regulation 17 authorises the Director-General to grant an exemption from, or to waive or refund, any fee, charge, or levy. This power includes power to grant an exemption, waiver, or refund in any of the circumstances described in section 82Z(1)﻿(a) to (c) of the Act (which concern an application made under section 77 of the Act by 1 person for more than 1 type of recognition, an application made under section 82C of the Act by 1 person to renew more than 1 type of recognition, and 1 person being liable under section 82F of the Act to pay a prescribed fee, charge, or levy for ongoing recognition under more than 1 of sections 71 to 75 of the Act).
Regulation 5 replaces the Schedule in the principal regulations with new Schedules 1 and 2.
New Schedule 1 prescribes the fees and charges payable under these regulations and who is responsible for paying them. The fees and charges include—
a fee for 11 types of application, registration, recognition, and processing processes:
a fee for the performance or exercise of a function, duty, or power required to be undertaken under the Wine Act 2003 and not prescribed elsewhere in the regulations:
actual and reasonable costs, including actual and reasonable incidental and additional costs incurred by a Ministry employee, or a person engaged by the Ministry who is not an employee, such as the costs of external review, expert review, product testing, travel and accommodation, and also the costs of disbursements for the functions referred to in the schedule.
New Schedule 2 prescribes the levies payable under these regulations and who is responsible for paying them.
These regulations will be treated as having been revoked with the close of 30 June 2016 unless they are confirmed by an Act of Parliament passed on or before that day (see section 96 of the Act).
The Ministry for Primary Industries produced a regulatory impact statement on 18 March 2015 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
http://mpi.govt.nz/law-and-policy/legal-overviews/regulatory-impact-statements/etc
This is a reprint of the Wine Amendment Regulations 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015 (2015 No 119): section 17