Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 7:16:32 to 7:18:50
Officials explain a proposal to move the APVMA toward 100% cost recovery for application fees and the feedback received from the agricultural chemical industry.
Topics: Cost recovery, Agricultural productivity
Speakers: Matt Lowe, Hon Matthew Canavan, Guy Bursle, Unknown Speaker
>> we're happy to assist as we can here noting that it does cross over with APVMA as well but we
>> okay well I suppose the questions my questions are about I believe the fees have increased considerably uh was the department involved in any way about the decision to do that or
um so the fees haven't increased considerably there is a um quiz that um has been put out for consultation and that consultation has empteded >> which does um propose a change in the fee structure for industry um and that fee structure is proposing to move away from the 4060 rule um which whereby 40% of the um if you like the cost of APVMA um assessing um applications that come in the was paid from um the the kind of the application fee and 60% was recovered from levy which is the sales if you like of product um off the shelf. >> So we're proposing to the the proposal that was put to industry was around um moving to 100% cost recovery on application um with less recovered through levy. So um companies could if you like make up that that money.
>> This is a policy decision. is being led by the department then this consultation Chris. Okay. So I'm in the right place. >> Okay. All right. Um uh so what's the status of that at the moment then? Uh has any decision been made?
>> So the quiz was put out for consultation. Um there is um considerable feedback I think received from industry on that quiz and um between APVMA and ourselves we're um considering that feedback as um
currently. Is there a timeline for a
>> Um, I'll defer to colleagues on that.
>> Uh, well, I I think the consultation Chris proposes the fees to be introduced from next financial year. So, I think broadly that's the timeline. Senator,
>> on what? Sorry, but the
>> the new fees were proposed to begin next financial year. So, I think that's the overarching time frame.