Commodity Levies (Asparagus) Order 2018. Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural commodities Vegetables/legumes Tax/levy Dispute settlement Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on 22 July 2018. Abstract This Order, consisting of 31 sections, imposes a levy on asparagus planted in New Zealand by commercial asparagus growers. The levy is payable to the New Zealand Asparagus Council Incorporated. The amount of levy payable by a commercial asparagus grower in a levy year is the amount calculated in accordance with the following formula where: the area of land in hectares (expressed to 2 decimal places in the case of any part hectare) is occupied by the commercial asparagus grower and planted with asparagus: a) in relation to the first levy year, as at the commencement of this order; b) in relation to any later levy year, as at 30 September in that levy year; the rate of levy for the levy year is fixed by or in accordance with clause 10. The levy is to be paid at a single rate. The maximum rate of the levy is $200 per hectare of asparagus (excluding GST). The minimum levy payment is the amount (excluding GST) that would be calculated under clause 6 on 1 hectare of asparagus. Full text English Website www.legislation.govt.nz References - Legislation Implements Commodity Levies Act 1990 (No. 127 of 1990). Legislation | New Zealand | 1990 (2020) Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Tax/levy, Offences/penalties, Dispute settlement, Timber, Planting material/seeds, Minerals, Plant variety, Plant production, Wild fauna, Wild flora Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Commodity Levies (Asparagus) Order 2012. Legislation | New Zealand | 2012 (2012) Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Vegetables/legumes, Tax/levy, Dispute settlement Source: FAO, FAOLEX