Commodity Levies (Harvested Wood Material) Order 2019. Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Regulation Date 2019 (2020) 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 18 November 2019. Abstract This order imposes a levy on all harvested wood material from plantation forests in New Zealand. Forest owners are primarily responsible for paying the levy. The levy is payable to the Forest Growers Levy Trust Incorporated. The owner of harvested wood material at the time that the levy becomes payable is responsible for paying the levy and any GST payable on the levy. Any person who is not a forest owner and who pays the levy may recover the levy and any GST payable on the levy from a forest owner— (a) by deducting the amount of the levy from the payment for harvested wood material made to the forest owner; or (b) as a debt due from the forest owner. The Order also provides details for settling the levy rate, spending the levy money, and dispute resolution. 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 (Harvested Wood Material) Order 2013 (SR 2013/454). Legislation | New Zealand | 2013 (2014) Keyword: Dispute settlement, Tax/levy, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation, Agricultural commodities, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX