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Cost Recovery Proposals under the Animal Products Act 1999

10 Proposed Fees and Charges – Private Goods (Approvals, Accreditations and Registrations)

This section proposes fees and charges for Approvals, Accreditations and Registrations type services. These are private goods and therefore costs should be recovered from the users of these services at a rate which reflects the actual cost of providing the service. Disbursements and other administrative costs will also be recovered at cost.

At present the fees charged for ‘Approval, Accreditation and Registrations’ services are quite complex and vary depending on the section of the Act the service is provided under. NZFSA’s hourly charges vary significantly across the different sectors and legislation that NZFSA operates under. There may be a case for simplifying the tariff structure and establishing a single uniform fee for a given service across the different sectors. This would simplify the tariff structure and reduce administration costs.

Total Expenditure on Approvals, Accreditation and Registration type services is expected to be around $948,000. Current revenue rates (fees and charges) are projected to recover around $356,000 leaving a shortfall of $590,000. Currently this shortfall is being funded through programme cost revenue, but it is more desirable to fund it through user charges. It is proposed therefore to increase the current fee rates and simplify cost structures.

Proposals

Fixed fees and annual charges are proposed where an accurate estimate of time taken to perform functions can be made. The fixed charge is made up of time taken and the hourly rate, (see annex 1) plus known incidental costs. This will assist in minimising transaction costs and providing certainty over fees and charges.

Where there is a large variation in the cost of individual outputs, for example, in the time taken to perform the service, average costing through fixed fees is not an appropriate method therefore hourly rates, plus disbursement costs are provided for.

10.1 Proposed Approval Fees and Charges (GST Exclusive)

Category	Current Application Fee	Current Renewal Fee	Proposed Application Fee	Proposed Renewal Fee
Export Approved Premises	$100.00	$100 (renewed every 2 years)	Fixed fee of $183.00 per application plus $122.00/hr thereafter	Fixed fee of $122.00 per renewal plus $122.00/hr thereafter
Export Approved Premises - Animal Fibre and Wool	$100.00
Export Approved Premises - Bee Product	n/a
Export Approved Premises - Game Trophies	-
Export Approved Premises - Hides & Skins	$100.00
Export Approved Premises - Marine Shells	-
Export Approved Premises - Scientific Material	$100.00
Exporter	$130.00	$150.00
Game Estate	$100.00	$100.00
HomeKill - Dual Operator Butcher	$100.00	Fee waiver
HomeKill - Service Provider	$100.00	$56.25
Organic Exporter	$120.00	$120.00
Risk Management Programme - under New Operator - Dairy	$100.00	-
Risk Management Programme - under New Operator - excluding Dairy	$100.00	-
Transport Operators	$150.00	$150.00

	Current Application Fee	Current Renewal Fee	Proposed Application Fee	Proposed Renewal
Animal Material Depot	$105.00	$100.00	Fixed fee of $305.00 per application plus $122.00/hr thereafter	Fixed fee of $244.00 per renewal plus $122.00/hr thereafter
Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish - Animal Products Officers	-	-
Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish - Depot Operator	-	-
Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish - Harvest Operator	-	-
Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish - Sorting Shed Operator	-	-
Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish - Transport Operator	-	-
Certified Hunters (Wild/Game Estate)	$100.00	$100.00
Certified Suppliers (Petfood)	-	-
Limited Processing Vessel	$130.00
MAF Devices (brands/seals)	-	-
Recognised Agency - excluding Dairy	-	-
Recognised Persons - LAS	$110.00	-
Recognised Persons - Verifiers, Evaluators	$110.00	$80.00
Risk Management Programme - 3 Year Review	-	-		Fixed fee of $244.00 per renewal plus $122.00/hr thereafter
Risk Management Programme - Amendments - excluding Dairy	$100.00	$80/hour (asst fee)	Fixed fee of $488.00 per application plus $122.00/hr thereafter
Risk Management Programme - excluding Dairy	$100.00	$80/hour (asst fee)

10.2 Hourly rate charges

Where costs are incurred for assessment work or for services carried out at the request of an operator of a risk management programme, other processor or person or from the act or omission of operator of a risk management programme, other processor or person a charge will be incurred at the appropriate hourly rate (see appendix 1) plus the costs of any actual and reasonable expenses incurred.