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Notification of Biosecurity (Border Processing Levy) Order Rate Changes (Notice No. MPI 1871)

This notice is made under clauses 5, 6 and 7 of the Biosecurity (Border Processing Levy) Order 2015 by the Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Levy period commencing 1 December 2024

I have determined that the next levy period under clause 5 of the Biosecurity (Border Processing Levy) Order 2015 will be two years and six months, commencing on 1 December 2024 and ending on the close of 30 June 2027.

Levy rates for this period

Under clauses 5, 6 and 7 of the Biosecurity (Border Processing Levy) Order 2015, the levy rates for this levy period are:

  1. $10.58 for a traveller who arrives in New Zealand on a cruise ship: and
  2. $16.92 for all other travellers who arrive in New Zealand.

These levy rates are exclusive of goods and services tax.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of November 2024.

MIKE INGLIS, Acting Deputy Director-General Biosecurity New Zealand, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).