Commodity Levies (Harvested Wood Material) Order 2013 (SR 2013/454). Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Regulation Date 2013 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Cultivated plants Keyword Dispute settlement Tax/levy Timber Timber extraction/logging Forest management/forest conservation Agricultural commodities Plant production Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This order comes into force on 1 January 2014. Abstract The Order is organised in 34 sections and imposes a levy on all harvested wood material from plantation forests in New Zealand. The primary responsible to pay the levy is the forest owner who produce harvested wood material from plantation forests in New Zealand. However, in some circumstances other persons, such as the owner of harvested wood material are responsible for paying the levy on behalf of forest owners, but they may recover it from the forest owner by deducting the amount of the levy from the payment for harvested wood material or as a debt due from the forest owner. The levy is payable to Forest Growers Levy Trust Incorporated. The order also provides regulation for the determination of the levy, payment time and expenditure of the levy money, record keeping and mediation of disputes. 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Timber, Planting material/seeds, Minerals, Plant variety, Plant production, Wild fauna, Wild flora Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Commodity Levies (Harvested Wood Material) Order 2019. Legislation | New Zealand | 2019 (2020) Keyword: Dispute settlement, Tax/levy, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation, Agricultural commodities, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX