Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy)(Payment Dates) Direction 2025
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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy)(Payment Dates) Direction 2025
I, Keith Lockyer, Chief Financial Officer, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following direction.
Dated 2 December 2025
Keith Lockyer
Chief Financial Officer Delegate Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Prescribed Date for Payment – paragraph 6(1)(c) of the Act
6 Payment by Instalments – paragraph 6(1)(d) of the Act
1 Name
This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy)(Payment Dates) Direction 2025.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 6 of the Act.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:
- leviable disposal
- levy:
(c) prescribed date for payment.
In this instrument:
Act means the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994.
5 Prescribed Date for Payment – paragraph 6(1)(c) of the Act
(1) For the purpose of paragraph (b) of the definition of prescribed date for payment in relation to levy payable for leviable disposals that took place in the 2024/2025 financial year, a reference to 31 December 2025 is instead taken to be a reference to 15 January 2026.
6 Payment by Instalments – paragraph 6(1)(d) of the Act
(1) This section applies to all amounts of levy payable for leviable disposals that took place in the 2024/2025 financial year.
(2) Any amount of levy that would be required to be paid by 15 January 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of prescribed date for payment and section 5 of this direction is taken to have been paid by that date if the levy is paid by instalments worked out as follows:
(a) 50% of the levy payable is paid on or before 15 January 2026; and
(b) the balance of the levy payable is paid on or before 15 March 2026.