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Cost Recovery Proposals under the Animal Products Act 1999

NZFSA Public Discussion Paper No 09/06

October 2006

ISBN number 0-478-29856-0
ISSN number 1147-961x

Important Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to ensure the information in this report is accurate.

NZFSA does not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever for any error of fact, omission, interpretation or opinion that may be present, however it may have occurred.

The proposals in this paper are for consultation purposes and do not necessarily represent agreed Government policy.

Requests for further copies should be directed to :

Policy Group

New Zealand Food Safety Authority

PO Box 2835

WELLINGTON

Email: Policy@nzfsa.govt.nz

Facsimile: (04) 463 2583

A copy of this document can be found at www.nzfsa.govt.nz

Submissions

NZFSA seeks submissions from all interested parties on any aspect of the proposed fees and charges presented in this document.

The following points may be of assistance in preparing comments.

• Wherever possible, comment should be specific to a particular section of the document. All major sections are numbered and these numbers should be used to link comments to the document.

• Omissions should be clearly and separately indicated.

• Comments should be to the point and, where possible, reasons and data to support comment are requested.

• The use of examples to illustrate particular points is encouraged.

• As a number of copies may be made of your comments, please use good quality type, or make sure the comments are clearly hand-written in black or blue ink.

Please include the following information in your submission:

• the title of the discussion document

• your name and title (if applicable)

• your organisation’s name (if applicable)

• your address, and

• the number(s) of the sections you are commenting on.

Please submit your response by 5.00pm on 15 December 2006. Comments should be sent to:

Submissions - Animal Products Cost Recovery

Policy Group

New Zealand Food Safety Authority

PO Box 2835

Fax: (04) 463 2583

Email: Policy@nzfsa.govt.nz

Please note that your submission is public information and subject to the Official Information Act 1982. Therefore if you consider that any or all information in your submission should be treated as confidential or is commercially sensitive, please state this clearly when making your submission.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 7

2 Background 8

3 The Process of the Review 9

4 Legislative Framework 9

4.1 Cost recovery principles in the Animal Products Act 9

4.2 Cost recovery methods provided for in the Animal Products Act 10

4.3 Government Guidelines 11

5 Services provided 13

6 Cost of providing services 16

6.1 Allocation of costs to services 16

6.2 Basis of the Costs Estimates 17

6.3 Limitations of the costing methodology 18

6.4 Current Operating Budget 20

6.5 Annual Operating Budget 20

7 Stakeholder Contributions to NZFSA Costs 21

8 Who in industry is it best to charge? 28

8.1 Who should pay? 28

8.2 Alternative options to recover costs from secondary processors (including stores, processing of by-products, rendering, animal feeds, dual operator butchers and hides and skins) 29

9 Charging Mechanisms 31

9.1 Charging regime should not be overly complex 31

9.2 Basis of charging for services 31

9.3 Proposed charging mechanisms 31

10 Proposed Fees and Charges – Private Goods (Approvals, Accreditations and Registrations) 33

10.1 Proposed Approval Fees and Charges (GST Exclusive) 34

10.2 Hourly rate charges 36

11 Proposed Fees and Charges – Industry Goods 37

11.1 Generic Methodology 37

11.2 Export/Domestic Split 38

12 Regulatory Impacts and Business Compliance Costs 40

13 Consultation to be undertaken and guidance on issues that might be considered by stakeholders making a submission 41

13.1 Guidance for submitters 41

13.2 Requirements for and information on submissions 41

Appendix 1: Fee Calculation Workings 43

Appendix 2: Annual Operating Budget- Industry Goods 45

Appendix 3: Annual Operating Budget Industry Goods with Secondary Processing, Animal Feed and Hides & Skins Costs Levied on Primary Processors 47

Attachments 48

Attachment 1: Meat Sector 49

Attachment 2: Game Sector 52

Attachment 3: Wet Fish Sector 54

Attachment 4: Shellfish Sector 57

Attachment 5: Poultry Sector 59

Attachment 6: Ostrich and Emu Sector 61

Attachment 7: Bee and Honey 62

Attachment 8: Egg Sector Cost Recovery 64

Attachment 9: Animal Feeds Cost Recovery 66

Attachment 10: Secondary Processors 68

Attachment 11: Dual Operator Butchers 70

Attachment 12: Rendering 71

Attachment 13: Hide Skins 73

Attachment 14: Stores 75