The levy is imposed on all importations of goods (on which the total duty payable is $50.00 or more) where an importer has:
(a) made an import entry under section 39(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996; or
(b) lodged a document that the chief executive has required to be lodged under:
(i) Regulation 25(i)(iii) of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996; or
(ii) Regulation 26(2) of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.
However, no levy is imposed on goods that are specified in Regulation 24A(4) of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.
Under Regulation 11(2) of the Biosecurity (Risk Screening Levy) Order 2006, the director-general hereby notifies the rate of levy for the 2008–2009 levy year.
The biosecurity risk screening levy for the levy year commencing 1 July 2008 and ending 30 June 2009 has been set at $4.00 per leviable importation (inclusive of GST).
The levy is calculated on the basis of dividing:
(a) the estimated annual costs incurred by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“the Ministry”); by
(b) the estimated total number of annual leviable importations that:
(i) are required to be entered under section 39 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996; or
(ii) are deemed to have been entered under Regulation 23 of the Customs and
Excise Regulations 1996.
The annual costs incurred by the Ministry means:
(a) the costs of electronic import documentation screening, including related information technology development and maintenance costs;
(b) the costs of biosecurity risk assessment of imported goods;
(c) the costs of clearing goods not requiring further action by the Ministry;
(d) the costs incurred by the director-general in administering the levy; and
(e) the costs incurred by the chief executive in collecting the levy.
Dated this 3rd day of June 2008.
M. A. SHERWIN, Director-General.