Commodity Levies (Maize) Order 2018.

This Order, consisting of 36 sections, imposes a levy on maize seed sold for sowing. The levy must be paid to FAR. A grower is exempt from paying the levy on maize seed that is used in the same levy year to sow a crop to replace a failed maize crop that a collection agent verifies as having failed to establish. If the grower has already paid the levy in relation to a maize crop that cannot be harvested due to flooding or other climate-related disasters, FAR must refund the amount of the levy paid. For the purposes of subclause (2), standing maize that is fed to stock is deemed to have been harvested. FAR must calculate the levy payable in a levy year on the basis of the number of maize seeds a grower buys from a collection agent in the levy year.
The Order further provides for: record-keeping requirements of growers who buy maize seeds, mediation of disputes, etc.