DAFF seeks input to a first-principles review of the cost recovery arrangements for the APVMA
7 August 2012
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is seeking submissions for a first-principles review of the cost recovery arrangements for the APVMA. This review aims to examine and recommend options to strengthen the financial sustainability, transparency and accountability of the APVMA’s cost recovery arrangements. The review is focused on the structure of the APVMA’s cost recovery framework.
The review does not include consideration of the scope and level of the APVMA’s regulatory activities. You are invited to provide comments or initial submissions to the DAFF consultation by the closing date of 21 September 2012.
For more information on this consultation and to make a submission to the first-principles review—go to the DAFF website (external site).
To make an enquiry about DAFF’s first-principles review please contact:
- by email: FPCostReview@daff.gov.au.
- by post:
Agvet Chemicals (Domestic & International Policy)
Agricultural Productivity Division
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
For information on the APVMA’s interim cost recovery arrangements, the consultations that the APVMA has undertaken in the past year and other cost recovery background information—go to the APVMA’s cost recovery web page.