Agricultural Fees Regulations (Cap. 74)

AGRICULTURAL FEES SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION AGRICULTURAL FEES REGULATIONS ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATION 1. Interpretation 2. Plant quarantine service fees 3. Animals and animal products service fees 4. Small animal clinics fees 5. Veterinary fees for livestock 6. Inspection fee in respect of bovine carcases 7. Surcharge in respect of veterinary clinic services 8. Disease control visits SCHEDULE-Scale of fees CAP. 74.] [Subsidiary] To prescribe fees for the issue of import and export documentation for animal, animal product and plant material, inspection, treatment and storage of import and export material, and veterinary clinical services. INTERPRETATION 1. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "service calls" means visits made from a quarantine depot to other premises in order to carry out quarantine or phytosanitary duties; "work privately requested" means services specifically asked for by individuals or organizations which is outside the normal public service working hours. PLANT QUARANTINE SERVICE FEES 2. Plant quarantine fees payable in respect of plant quarantine and phytosanitary services as set out under Column I in Part A shall be at the rates specified against such service under Column II in Part A of the Schedule. ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS SERVICE FEES 3. Animals and animal products fees payable in respect of the services set out under Column I in Part B shall be at the rates specified against such service under Column II in Part B of the Schedule. SMALL ANIMAL CLINICS FEES 4. Fees payable in respect of the veterinary services in clinics for small animals set out under Column I in Part C shall be at the rates specified against such service under Column II in Part C of the Schedule. VETERINARY FEES FOR LIVESTOCK LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU AGRICULTURAL FEES SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION AGRICULTURAL FEES REGULATIONS 5. (1) Livestock fees payable in respect of the veterinary services set out under Column I in Part D shall be at the rates specified against such service under Column II in Part D of the Schedule. (2) No fees referred to in subparagraph (1) shall be charged for small-holder units. (3) For the purposes of this regulation, "small-holder units" means small agricultural units in receipt of development assistance programmes of the department of agriculture and livestock. INSPECTION FEE IN RESPECT OF BOVINE CARCASES 6. (1) The inspection fee payable in respect of the disease control services carried out on bovine carcases at abattoirs shall be VT1 per kilogram hot dressed carcass. (2) The inspection fee payable under subregulation (1) shall be payable by the abattoir to the Livestock Industries Fund within 30 days of invoice date, issued monthly in arrears. SURCHARGE IN RESPECT OF VETERINARY CLINIC SERVICES 7. Where veterinary clinic services are carried out on Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays or outside normal working hours the veterinary clinic fees payable shall be double the rates specified in Parts C and D of the Schedule. DISEASE CONTROL VISITS 8. No fees shall be charged for disease control visits carried out for private individuals as part of compulsory national disease control programmes. S C H E D U L E PART A COLUMN I COLUMN II Services Fees in Vatu Item Service 1. Import Permit Documentation fee 400 2. Export Certificates Documentation fee (all categories) 400 3. Treatments other than fumigations: (1) At Quarantine Stations: 400 minimum (a) labour per man hour or part thereof 500 (b) cost of materials (c) documentation fee if required 400 (2) Outside Quarantine Station: 4. Fumigations:, (1) In Chambers at Plant Quarantine Stations: (a) service call 800 (b) labour per man hour or part thereof 500 (c) cost of materials (d) documentation fee if required 400 (a) minimum 400 (b) less than 0.5 cubic metre 600 (c) 0.5 to 1.0 cubic metre 1000 (d) for each additional cubic metre 300 " plus documentation fee if required 400 (2) Under plastic sheets at Quarantine Stations: (a) minimum fee 1000 (b) per cubic metre 300 Outside Quarantine Stations: (a) service calls (each) 800 (b) documentation fee if required 400 (c) labour per man hour or part thereof 500; Provided that if the importer or exporter supplies his own chemical, the cost of the chemical may be deducted. Introduced by Order 12 of 199 COLUMN I COLUMN II Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Services Fees in Vatu continued) (4) By private contractors and supervised by Quarantine Officers (2 visits required) - per visit 800 5. 6. (1) Privately registered post entry quarantine areas for imported plants: (a) Registration 2000 (b) Visits 800 plus cost for treat ment (2) Where registration and treatment require travel, the full cost o£ the travel and acconmiodation if necessary may be provided in full. by the importer. 7. Supervision of treatments not shown in this Schedule: per man hour or part thereof 500 8. (1) Work privately requested outside normal working hours: per man hour or part thereof 1000 (2) Visits away from quarantine station: 9. Export inspections - green snail, trochus, empty shipping containers, timber or other items requiring certification: for treatments and materials (a) within urban areas 2000 (b) outside urban areas 2000 plus 20 VT per Km Labour per man hour or part thereof 500 plus service call fee (each) 800 Post entry quarantine of. imported plants in plant Bench space (1) quarantine screenhouses Minimum 300 (2) 0.25 square metres 400 (3) 0.5 square metres 750 (4) 0.75 square metres 1100 (5) 1.0 square metres 1500 plus cost COLUMN I Animals and Animal Products Se rvices PART B 10. Imports: (1) documentation fee (all categories) 400 (2.) Inspection fee 400 (3) Importation of domestic pets (per pet) (plus cost of medication or treatment) 2500 (4) Importation of agricultural livestock Exempt (5) Importation of Equines 10000 (6) Importation o£ animal As per items in products plus treatment paragraphs 3 and 4 if. required 11. Exports: (1) Documentation fee (personal exports) (2) Documentation fee (commercial exports) (3) Documentation and inspection of live animals: COLUMN II Fees in Vatu 400 1500 plus 1 VT per kg (a) domestic pets (plus costs of medication or treatment) 2500 each; (b) equines 10000 each; (c) bovines for breeding 10000 each; (d) bovines for slaughter 5000 each. PART C COLUMN I COLA II Veterinary Fees for Small-animal Clinic Fees in Vatu (a) within urban areas 2000 (b) outside urban areas 2000 plus 20 VT per kilometre 12. Clinic consultation 800 13. Vaccination o£ animals (vaccine supplied by owner) 400 14. Minor surgical operations 1500 (1) Dogs (a) bitch speys 3500 (b) pregnant bitch speys 4000 (c) castration 2500 (d) euthanasia 500-1000 (2) Cats (a) speys 2500 (b) pregnant speys 3000 (c) castration 1500 (d) euthanasia 500-800 15. Other surgical operations 4000 VT per hour plus cost of materials 16. Blood tests for canine heartworm 500 17. Other laboratory tests 4000 VT per hour plus cost of materials 18. Visits away from clinic PART D (1) Veterinary Officer P18 10000 VT per hour (2) Veterinary Officer P15 8000 VT per hour COLUMN I Veterinary Fees for Livestock COLUMN II Fees in Vatu 19. Commercial units - visit and consultation 1000 plus cost of drugs 20. Horses - visit and consultation 1000 plus 20 VT per kilometre plus cost of drugs 21. Surgical operations 4000 VT per hour plus cost of materials 22. Consultancy fees - where a government officer is engaged for private consultancy work with the permission of the Public Service Department: