The object of this Act is to—

• (a) minimise and manage risks to human or animal health arising from the production and processing of animal material and products by instituting measures that ensure so far as is practicable that all traded animal products are fit for their intended purpose; and

• (b) facilitate the entry of animal material and products into overseas markets by providing the controls and mechanisms needed to give and to safeguard official assurances for entry into those markets.

(1) In general terms, this Act seeks to achieve its objects by the following means:

• (a) Individual risk management programmes

  Part 2 generally requires all primary processors of animal material and products, and certain secondary processors of animal products for human or animal consumption, to operate under registered and independently verified risk management programmes suitable to their own particular animal material, products, and operations, unless and to the extent that such a programme is deemed unnecessary by reason of—

  • (i) the negligible degree of risk associated with the relevant animal material, product, operations, or intended product use; or

  • (ii) the fact that the animal material or product and operations concerned are covered by another legislative regime.

  Provision is also made for other persons involved with animal material or products to operate under risk management programmes where the risk factors involved, or the requirements of overseas markets, justify such a requirement:

• (b) Regulated control schemes

  Part 3 makes provision for the imposition of regulated control schemes in the case of animal material or products or matters for which individually tailored risk management programmes are impracticable or inappropriate. These schemes may be an alternative or a supplement to individual risk management programmes:

• (c) Animal product standards

  Part 4 provides for the setting of animal product standards that set criteria that must be met for particular animal products to be treated as fit for their intended purpose (whether or not those products are also produced under an individual risk management programme or a regulated control scheme), and for the setting of any technical specifications required to meet those standards:

• (d) Exports of animal material and products

  Part 5 makes special provision in relation to the export of animal material and products from New Zealand, by—

  • (i) requiring the registration of all exporters of animal material and products intended for human or animal consumption, and certain other animal products (subject to exemptions); and

  • (ii) where appropriate in the light of the requirements of foreign governments, specifying requirements which may be additional to domestic New Zealand requirements for certain products; and

  • (iii) where appropriate, providing for the giving of official assurances to overseas authorities in relation to animal material or products exported from New Zealand:

• (e) Homekill and recreational catch

  Part 6 makes special provision for the treatment of animals that are homekill or recreational catch, by—

  • (i) allowing for homekill or recreational catch to be processed either by the person whose homekill or recreational catch it is, or by a listed homekill or recreational catch service provider who operates outside the normal risk management and regulatory system contained in Parts 2 to 4; and

  • (ii) imposing restrictions to ensure that homekill and recreational catch products cannot be traded or exported, or mingled with animal material or products that are for trade or export.

(2) The other provisions of this Act provide the mechanisms necessary to underpin the general scheme of the Act, and in particular include offence provisions imposing significant penalties for offences such as trading in animal products that have not been processed in compliance with the Act.

(3) The Ministry, under the Minister, is the regulatory agency responsible for the administration of this Act, with the following main functions:

• (a) establishing the New Zealand standards and specifications relating to animal products that determine fitness for intended purpose:

• (b) establishing and implementing regulated control schemes:

• (c) providing official assurances:

• (d) monitoring and auditing the risk management system:

• (e) addressing non-compliance.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(2) For the purposes of this Act,—

• (a) references to the requirements of Parts 2 to 4 include references to the requirements of any regulations, standards, specifications, Ministerial orders, notices, or directions made or given for the purposes of those Parts; and similarly, references to the requirements of any other Part or provision include references to the requirements of any regulations, standards, specifications, notices, or directions made for the purposes of that Part or provision:

• (b) references to any regulations under, or made under, a particular Part include references to regulations made under section 166 of this Act or section 25 of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999, for the purposes of that Part.

(3) The categorisation of any person as a primary producer, a primary processor, a secondary processor, an exporter, or a homekill or recreational catch service provider relates to the identification of the person in that capacity only, and does not prevent the person from being identified also, and accordingly treated as being, a person in any of the other categories.

(4) Any notice in the Gazette made for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of primary processor is to be treated as a regulation for the purposes of both the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 and the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.

(5) Unless the context otherwise requires, parts of speech and grammatical forms of terms defined in this section have corresponding meanings in this Act.

The phrase fit for intended purpose, used in relation to animal product that has been processed in accordance with Parts 2 to 4, means that, by reason of animal material or product having had the relevant risk factors managed in accordance with Parts 2 and 3, and meeting any relevant animal product standards and associated specifications set under Part 4, the product is suitable for the purpose for which the product is specifically stated or could reasonably be presumed to be intended having regard to its nature, packaging, and identification.

Except where the context otherwise requires,—

• (a) references to this Act include references to the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999, and to regulations or specifications or other requirements made or imposed under either Act:

• (b) references in other Acts to this Act also include references to the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999 and to regulations or specifications or other requirements made or imposed under that Act or this Act.

(1) In general terms, this Act applies, or may be made to apply, to the production and processing, for reward or for purposes of trade or export, of—

• (a) all animal material, whether alive or dead, including the material of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and other creatures and entities:

• (b) all products, both edible and non-edible, derived in whole or in part from animal material, including products derived from mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and other creatures and entities.

(2) The specific requirements of this Act apply principally to animal material and animal products that are intended for human or animal consumption, but may also apply or be made to apply to animal material and products intended for other purposes.

(3) This Act applies to the processing of animal products that are also foods within the meaning of the Food Act 1981 to the extent provided in sections 32 to 34.

(4) This Act applies to the processing of animals that are homekill or recreational catch in the manner specified in Part 6.

(1) This Act does not apply to any animal material or animal product if and to the extent that—

• (a) animal material or product of that kind is exempted from all or any of the provisions of this Act by Order in Council made under section 9; or

• (b) [Repealed]

(2) [Repealed]

(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, exempt from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act—

• (a) any animal material or animal product, or any 1 or more classes or descriptions of animal material or animal product:

• (b) any 1 or more classes or descriptions of producers, processors, or exporters of animal material or animal product:

• (c) any 1 or more classes or descriptions of operations, premises, or places in relation to the production, processing, or export of animal material or animal product:

• (d) any combination of the above.

(2) The Minister may not recommend the making of an order under this section unless the Minister is satisfied, having regard to the matter to be exempted, that—

• (a) the risk to human or animal health of providing the exemption is negligible; or

• (b) there are other sufficient safeguards, whether by way of regulated control scheme or in other legislation or by other means, to minimise any risk to human or animal health involved in providing the exemption.

(3) In determining whether or not to make an order under this section, the Minister is to have regard to the following considerations:

• (a) the need to protect the health of consumers and users of animal products:

• (b) the desirability of facilitating market access:

• (c) the desirability of maintaining consistency between New Zealand's animal product standards and any relevant standards, requirements, or recommended practices that apply or are accepted internationally:

• (d) the relative costs of having the exemption or not having it, who bears the cost, and the positive and negative impacts on New Zealand consumers and users:

• (e) the most effective way of managing the relevant risk factors:

• (f) such other matters as the Minister considers relevant.

(4) The Minister may not recommend the making of an order under this section unless satisfied that appropriate consultation has been carried out in accordance with section 163.

(5) An exemption under this section may have retrospective effect.

(1) This Act applies to the production and processing of animal material and animal products within New Zealand and within or on all New Zealand fisheries waters (as defined in the Fisheries Act 1996), but does not apply to the processing of fish on any fishing vessel within the exclusive economic zone that is not registered under the Fisheries Act 1983 or the Fisheries Act 1996 unless the vessel is used to harvest farmed finfish or shellfish.

(2) For the purposes of this section, fish landed in New Zealand from any fishing vessel registered under the Fisheries Act 1996 are deemed to have been taken and processed within New Zealand fisheries waters until the contrary is proved.

The object of this Part is to provide, as the main means for ensuring that animal products are fit for their intended purpose, for the production and processing of certain animal materials and products to occur under 1 or more registered risk management programmes that are subject to independent verification.

(1) A risk management programme is a programme designed to both—

• (a) identify; and

• (b) control, manage, and eliminate or minimise—

hazards and other risk factors in relation to the production and processing of animal material and animal products in order to ensure that the resulting animal product is fit for intended purpose.

(2) Risk factors may relate to the nature of the animal material or product concerned, or to the production, processing, preparation, distribution, trade, or intended use of the animal material or product.

(3) Risk management programmes are to be individually tailored for each animal product business, having regard to—

• (a) each type of animal material and animal product that the business produces or processes; and

• (b) each type of process or operation that is applied to the animal material or product; and

• (c) each set of premises or place in which the animal material or product is produced or processed.

(3A) Nothing in subsection (3) prevents a risk management programme for a particular business or part of a business from being based on a template, a model, or a code of practice, if in the view of the Director-General the template, model, or code of practice is valid and appropriate for businesses of that kind.

(4) A risk management programme for each type of animal material or product, each type of process or operation, and each set of premises or place may be formulated as a single stand-alone programme, or may form part of a larger risk management programme that applies to 1 or more materials, products, processes, operations, places, or premises within the same business or operation.

(4A) A risk management programme may also apply to 1 or more comparable animal product businesses in cases where the Director-General has given approval under section 17A.

(5) A food safety programme may be registered as a risk management programme in accordance with section 34.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the following persons must operate under a registered risk management programme, whether as the registered holder of the programme or as a business to which the programme applies under section 17A, in respect of their production or processing of animal material or animal product:

• (a) all primary processors of animal material:

• (b) all secondary processors of animal products intended for human or animal consumption, except to the extent that they are subject to the Food Act regime:

• (c) retail butchers who are dual operator butchers:

• (d) such other persons as may be specified by Order in Council under section 15 as requiring to operate under a risk management programme.

(2) While a secondary processor of animal products intended for export to an overseas market for which an official assurance under Part 5 is required is not obliged by subsection (1) to have a registered risk management programme,—

• (a) such a person should be aware of the implications of not having a programme as set out in section 33; and

• (b) if the person elects under section 32 to operate under a registered risk management programme, or to register a food safety programme as a risk management programme under section 34 for the purposes of certain operations, they will be treated as a person who is required to have a registered risk management programme in respect of the animal products or operations concerned.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) requires a person to operate under a risk management programme in respect of—

• (a) the primary production of animal material (subject to any order under section 15):

• (b) the transporting of animal material prior to primary processing (subject to any order under section 15):

• (c) the secondary processing of animal products not intended for human or animal consumption (except to the extent indicated in subsection (2) in respect of animal product for export for which an official assurance is required, and subject to any order under section 15):

• (d) the processing of any homekill or recreational catch by a listed homekill or recreational catch service provider (except as provided in section 71 in the case of dual operator butchers):

• (e) the processing of dairy material or dairy product that is not intended for human or animal consumption (subject to any order made under section 15):

• (f) any type of animal material, animal product, process, operation, premises, or place that is exempted from the provisions of this Part by Order in Council made under section 9:

• (g) any matter that is for the time being subject to an exemption granted by the Director-General under section 14.

(1) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, exempt in whole or in part any producer or processor from the requirement to formulate or operate under a risk management programme—

• (a) for such period as is specified in the notice; and

• (b) on such conditions (if any) as may be specified in the notice.

(2) The Director-General may not grant an exemption under subsection (1) unless satisfied that the risk to human or animal health of providing the exemption is negligible (having regard, if appropriate, to the period of the exemption or the conditions imposed).

(3) [Repealed]

(4) An exemption under subsection (1) may have retrospective effect.

(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, require any 1 or more classes of primary producer, dairy processor, secondary processor, transporter, or exporter of animal material or products who would not otherwise be required to have a risk management programme by virtue of section 13(3)(a), (b), (c), (e), or (f) to operate under a risk management programme under this Part in respect of such animal material or products, processes, operations, premises, or places as may be specified in the order.

(2) The persons to whom the order applies may be defined by reference to—

• (a) the type of animal material or product that they produce or process; or

• (b) the intended purpose or destination of the animal material or product in question; or

• (c) the type of operations or processes carried out in relation to the animal material or product in question; or

• (d) the type of premises or place in which the operations or processes are carried out in relation to the animal material or product in question; or

• (e) any combination of the above.

(3) The Minister may not recommend the making of an order under this section unless—

• (a) the Minister is satisfied that the order is necessary or desirable—

  • (i) in the interests of achieving the fitness for intended purpose of the animal product concerned; or

  • (ii) for the purpose of facilitating access to overseas markets; and

• (b) except where the Minister considers the making of the order a matter of urgency in the public interest, there has been appropriate consultation on the subject matter of the order in accordance with section 163.

(1) The operator of a registered risk management programme has the following duties:

• (a) to ensure that the operations of the animal product business do not contravene the relevant requirements of and under this Act, including the requirements set out in the risk management programme:

• (b) to ensure that the risk management programme is consistent with the requirements of regulations and specifications in force from time to time under this Act:

• (c) to adequately implement and resource all operations under the programme, including provision for the instruction, competency, and supervision of staff to ensure the delivery of animal product that is fit for intended purpose:

• (d) to ensure that all operations under the programme are commensurate with the capability and the capacity of the premises or place, facilities, equipment, and staff to deliver animal product that is fit for intended purpose:

• (e) to give relevant recognised persons such freedom and access as will allow them to carry out their functions and activities under this Act, including verification functions and activities.

(2) The operator of a registered risk management programme also has the duty to notify the Director-General, in advance where practicable, and otherwise as soon as possible, of any change in the operator's recognised risk management programme verifying agency.

(1) A risk management programme must—

• (a) be in writing in a form acceptable to the Director-General:

• (b) specify the name and address (including the electronic address, if available) of—

  • (i) the operator whose programme it is; and

  • (ii) the animal product business or businesses covered by the programme:

• (c) identify—

  • (i) the animal material or animal product being produced or processed; and

  • (ii) the premises or place to which the programme applies; and

  • (iii) any other businesses to which the programme applies (if it does not apply only to the business of the person applying for registration).

(2) A risk management programme must—

• (a) set out the procedures the operator will use for identifying, controlling, managing, eliminating, or minimising risk factors:

• (b) describe the steps the operator will take to confirm that the programme is working effectively:

• (c) provide for appropriate corrective actions (including recall of product) to be undertaken where the product may not be fit for intended purpose or not in accordance with its labelling or identification:

• (d) set out appropriate and auditable documentation and record keeping:

• (e) as appropriate to the operations under the risk management programme, contain the matters specified in, and otherwise comply with—

  • (i) any relevant animal product standard or other requirement prescribed by regulations made under this Act:

  • (ii) any relevant specifications set by the Director-General under section 167 (including location of reference material and documents recording specific procedures).

(3) In relation to hazards (and without limiting the requirements of subsection (2)), a risk management programme must demonstrate that the following matters have also been taken into account in its development:

• (a) systematic identification of any hazards, and determination of the significance of those hazards, involved in the production and processing of animal material or product covered by the risk management programme:

• (b) determination of the points at which the hazards of significance identified in paragraph (a) occur, and the processes or procedures to best control them:

• (c) establishment of acceptable parameters of the processes or procedures at the points determined in paragraph (b):

• (d) establishment of monitoring procedures to demonstrate control at the points determined in paragraph (b):

• (e) identification of the action that will be taken if any parameters established for the risk management programme are not achieved:

• (f) establishment of procedures for the ongoing confirmation that the risk management programme is effective in managing the hazards:

• (g) appropriate and auditable documentation and record keeping.

(4) A proposed risk management programme must also make appropriate provision for verification activities and the rights of recognised risk management programme verifiers, as specified by the Director-General by notice under section 167.

(5) A risk management programme may contain, as a component part, an appropriate food safety programme within the meaning of the Food Act 1981, provided the food safety programme is registered as a risk management programme under section 34.

(1) A registered risk management programme may apply to more than 1 business, if the Director-General approves.

(2) The Director-General may approve one person's risk management programme applying to all or part of the business or businesses of 1 or more other persons if satisfied that—

• (a) the programme is appropriate to the other businesses or part-businesses, as well as to the business of the person whose programme it is; and

• (b) the registered operator of the programme will have sufficient control, authority, and accountability for all matters covered by the programme in relation to the other businesses or part-businesses subject to its coverage; and

• (c) the applicant for the approval has obtained the consent or otherwise taken into account the views of any person whose business or part-business is to be covered by the programme; and

• (d) each person whose business or part-business is to be covered by the programme is aware of the implications for his or her business in the event of—

  • (i) a suspension or deregistration of the programme; or

  • (ii) the person whose programme it is ceasing to operate for any other reason.

(3) The approval may be given subject to conditions.

(4) Application for approval under this section must be made by the operator of the risk management programme, either at the time of application for its registration under section 20, or as an application for amendment under section 25(3).

(5) The Director-General may decline his or her approval under this section if not satisfied that the operator of another business to which it is proposed that the programme apply is a fit and proper person to operate an animal product business, taking into account whether the operator or any directors or managers of the business concerned have been convicted, whether in New Zealand or overseas, of any offence relating to fraud or dishonesty, or relating to management control or business activities in respect of businesses of a kind (whether in New Zealand or elsewhere) that are regulated under this Act.

(1) The Director-General must keep and maintain a register of risk management programmes that records—

• (a) all risk management programmes registered under this Part; and

• (b) matters relating to the registration of food safety programmes as risk management programmes under section 34.

(2) The purpose of the register is—

• (a) to enable members of the public to know what business operations are subject to risk management programmes, and who is responsible for various functions under those programmes; and

• (b) to facilitate the ability of the Director-General to ensure that all traded animal products are fit for intended purpose, and in particular to manage any emergency situation; and

• (c) to facilitate the compliance, audit, and other supporting and administrative functions of the Ministry under this Act.

(3) The Director-General must—

• (a) keep the register open for public inspection, without fee, at all reasonable hours at the head office of the Ministry and at such other places as the Director-General determines as necessary or appropriate; and

• (b) supply to any person copies of all or part of the register on request and payment of a reasonable charge for the production of the copy.

(4) The register may be kept in such manner as the Director-General thinks fit, including, either wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility—

• (a) that records or stores information electronically or by other means; and

• (b) that permits the information so recorded to be readily inspected or reproduced in usable form; and

• (c) that permits the information in the register to be accessed by electronic means, including (without limitation) by means of remote logon access.

The register of risk management programmes must contain the following particulars in relation to each programme registered under this Part:

• (a) the name and address (including the electronic address, if available) of the business owner or operator whose programme it is:

• (b) the name, or the position or designation, of the person who is responsible for the day to day management of the programme, as nominated by the owner or operator of the business:

• (c) the date on which the programme was registered, and the registration number or other unique identifier allocated to it:

• (d) the types of animal material and animal product to which the programme applies:

• (e) the principal categories of processing and other operations carried out under the programme:

• (f) the location (if appropriate) and type of premises or place to which the programme applies (or, if more appropriate, a place where the general public can obtain up-to-date information of the location and type of premises or place to which the programme applies):

• (g) the name of the recognised risk management programme verifying agency (and, if appropriate in the case of a food safety programme registered as a risk management programme under section 34, the approved auditor under the Food Act 1981) responsible for the verification function under the programme:

• (h) identification of any risk management programme whose registration amounts to an election under section 32:

• (i) identification of any food safety programme that is registered as a risk management programme under section 34:

• (j) the date on which the most recent amendment to the risk management programme has been registered under section 25:

• (k) the date of any update of the risk management programme under section 26:

• (l) the date (and period, if appropriate) of any suspension of operations under the programme or any deregistration or surrender of registration of the programme:

• (m) a brief indication of the reason for any such suspension or deregistration:

• (n) such other particulars as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

(1) The operator of an animal product business may apply to the Director-General for the registration of a risk management programme.

(2) An application for registration must be made in writing in a form or manner approved by the Director-General, and be accompanied by—

• (a) either—

  • (i) a copy of the risk management programme (or such number of copies as may be required by the Director-General); or

  • (ii) an outline of the contents of the risk management programme that complies with the requirements of the Director-General for such outlines; and

• (b) subject to subsection (3), a copy of a report of an independent evaluation, carried out not more than 6 months before the date of the application for registration, of the validity of the risk management programme in terms of sections 12 and 17; and

• (c) the name of the recognised risk management programme verifying agency that has indicated it is prepared to undertake verification functions in respect of the programme; and

• (d) such further information and other material (including declarations, where appropriate) as may be required by regulations made under this Act; and

• (e) the prescribed fee (if any).

(3) The Director-General may waive or modify the requirement to provide a copy of an independent evaluation report if—

• (a) the risk management programme is fully based on a template, model, or code of practice approved under section 12(3A); or

• (b) the risk management programme is a multi-business risk management programme approved by the Director-General in accordance with section 17A; or

• (c) the risks to human or animal health are negligible, and the Director-General is satisfied that the nature of the business does not require an independent evaluation report to ensure validity in terms of sections 12 and 17.

(1) The Director-General may require an applicant to supply further information or other material before determining whether or not to register a risk management programme.

(2) If the information or material is not supplied within 6 months of the date of the request, or within such further time as the Director-General allows, the application for registration lapses.

(1) The Director-General must register a risk management programme submitted by an applicant if satisfied that—

• (a) the content of the risk management programme—

  • (i) complies with the requirements imposed by or under this Act; and

  • (ii) ensures that, as far as practicable, the animal product to be produced under the programme will be fit for intended purpose; and

• (b) the applicant is a fit and proper person to operate an animal product business, taking into account whether the applicant or any directors or managers of the business concerned have been convicted, whether in New Zealand or overseas, of any offence relating to fraud or dishonesty, or relating to management control or business activities in respect of businesses of a kind (whether in New Zealand or elsewhere) that are regulated under this Act; and

• (c) the business, or its operator, is resident in New Zealand within the meaning of section YD 1 or YD 2 (excluding section YD 2(2)) of the Income Tax Act 2007.

(1A) Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Director-General to register a risk management programme that purports to apply to a business or part-business of a person other than the applicant if the Director-General has not approved the programme's coverage of that business or part-business under section 17A.

(2) Registration may be subject to such reasonable conditions as the Director-General may specify, including conditions relating to the commencement of operations under the programme.

(3) The Director-General must, as soon as practicable after registering a risk management programme, supply the applicant with—

• (a) a notice of registration; and

• (b) a notice of any conditions imposed under subsection (2); and

• (c) a registration number or other unique identifier; and

• (d) an authorised copy of the registered risk management programme.

(3A) The Director-General may, at any time during the 12-month period following the commencement of operations under a registered risk management programme, by written notice to the operator concerned, impose further conditions as if they were imposed on registration under subsection (2), or amend or revoke any conditions imposed under that subsection.

(4) The Director-General must, as soon as practicable after registering a risk management programme, supply the operator's recognised risk management programme verifying agency with an authorised copy of the registered risk management programme.

(5) Registration of a programme under this section continues in force until the programme is deregistered under section 28 or its registration is surrendered under section 29.

(1) If, after considering an application and any further information or material supplied under section 21, the Director-General proposes to refuse to register a risk management programme, the Director-General must give the applicant—

• (a) a notice containing such particulars as will clearly inform the applicant of the grounds on which the Director-General proposes to refuse to register the programme; and

• (b) a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions or be heard in respect of the matter.

(2) Where the Director-General finally determines to refuse to register a programme, the Director-General must as soon as practicable notify that fact to the applicant in writing, giving reasons.

(3) If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General declines to register a risk management programme, the applicant may seek a review of that decision under section 162.

(1) The registration of a risk management programme applies only to the particular operator and premises or place specified in the programme, and may not be transferred to a different operator or premises or place.

(2) Nothing in this section prevents the registration in the name of a new operator, or in relation to new premises or a new place, of a risk management programme in substantially identical terms to those which applied to a former operator or premises.

(2A) Nothing in this section prevents the extension of the programme to the business or part-business of another person in accordance with an approval given under section 17A.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the following circumstances will, except as otherwise specified by the Director-General by notice under section 167, be treated as involving a change in the operator of a registered risk management programme, and so require registration of a new risk management programme rather than amendment of an existing registered programme:

• (a) a change in the name of a company (but not in a company's shareholding):

• (b) a change in the members of a partnership (but not in members' respective shares in the partnership):

• (c) the death, bankruptcy, receivership, or liquidation of the operator of the programme.

(1) The operator of a registered risk management programme must amend that programme, and apply for registration of the amendment, where any change, event, or other matter means that the programme—

• (a) is no longer appropriate, or will no longer be appropriate, to the animal material or product, processes, or premises or place covered by the programme; or

• (b) otherwise impacts, or will impact, on the fitness for intended purpose of the animal product concerned or the content of the risk management programme as required under section 17(1).

(2) The operator must amend the programme, and apply for registration of the amendment, before the event where the operator knows of the change, event, or other matter in advance, and in all other cases must do so without unreasonable delay.

(3) The operator of a risk management programme may at any time apply to the Director-General, in a manner approved by the Director-General and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), for registration of an amendment to the programme.

(4) Sections 21 to 23 apply to an application under this section, with any necessary modifications, as if it were an application for registration under section 20.

(5) As soon as practicable after determining to register an amendment, the Director-General must—

• (a) notify the applicant in writing accordingly; and

• (b) where the amendment relates to future events or matters, specify the date or occasion on which the amendment takes effect or will apply; and

• (c) supply to both the applicant and the appropriate recognised risk management programme verifying agency a certified copy of the amendment (or, where appropriate, of a redraft of the relevant part of the programme that incorporates the amendment); and

• (d) make an appropriate entry on the register of risk management programmes.

(6) If the Director-General proposes to refuse to register an amendment, the Director-General must give the applicant—

• (a) a notice containing such particulars as will clearly inform the applicant of the grounds on which the Director-General proposes to refuse to register the amendment; and

• (b) a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions or be heard in respect of the matter.

(7) Where the Director-General finally determines to refuse to register an amendment, the Director-General must as soon as practicable notify that fact to the applicant in writing, giving reasons.

(8) If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General declines to register an amendment, the applicant may seek a review of that decision under section 162.

(9) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, specify matters in relation to amendments to risk management programmes and their amendment, including—

• (a) specifying the kinds of amendments that require registration and those which do not; and

• (b) specifying any amount of notice that may be required in respect of events or matters of a kind known to the operator in advance that will require an amendment to a registered risk management programme.

(1) For the purpose of ensuring that a registered risk management programme continues to comply with the requirements of section 17, every operator of a risk management programme must from time to time notify the Director-General of all amendments to the risk management programme that—

• (a) are of such a nature as not to require registration under section 25; and

• (b) have not been previously notified to the Director-General under this section.

(2) Notification of such amendments must—

• (a) be made in a manner approved by the Director-General; and

• (b) be made at such intervals as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act, or otherwise by notice by the Director-General under section 167; and

• (c) contain such details and be accompanied by such other material (including declarations and evaluation reports, if required) as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act or by notice by the Director-General under section 167; and

• (d) be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

(3) On being satisfied that the requirements of this section have been complied with, and that the registered risk management programme concerned continues to comply with the requirements of section 17, the Director-General must register the fact that the programme has been updated under this section.

(4) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, specify matters for the purposes of this section.

(1) The Director-General may at any time suspend any or all operations under a registered risk management programme for a period of up to 3 months if the Director-General has reasonable grounds to believe that the risk management programme may not be or is no longer effective, or that the animal product produced under the risk management programme does not meet or no longer meets the requirements of this Act.

(2) The Director-General may impose conditions and requirements in respect of the implementation and operation of a suspension under this section.

(3) Where the Director-General suspends all or any operations under a risk management programme, he or she must give written notice of that fact to the operator of the programme, specifying—

• (a) the reason for the suspension; and

• (b) the period of the suspension; and

• (c) the date on which or time at which it commences (which may not be earlier than the date or time of notification); and

• (d) the operations to which the suspension applies; and

• (e) any conditions or requirements in relation to the suspension.

(4) If the Director-General considers it necessary in the circumstances, and after having notified the operator of the proposed extension and the reasons for it and having given the operator a reasonable opportunity to be heard, the period of suspension may be extended for such further period not exceeding 3 months as the Director-General notifies to the operator in writing before the expiry of the original suspension.

(5) The Director-General must notify the appropriate recognised risk management programme verifying agency of any suspension under this section.

(6) The Director-General may notify any suspension under this section in the Gazette.

(7) A suspension under this section does not affect any other actions that the Director-General may take under this Act.

(8) Where operations are suspended under this section, the Director-General may direct the operator or person in charge to take action appropriate to deal with any affected animal material or product and exercise any of his or her other powers under section 82.

(9) If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General suspends any operations under this section, the operator of the risk management programme or of the animal product business concerned may seek a review of the suspension under section 162.

(1) The Director-General may at any time remove a risk management programme from the register if the Director-General is satisfied that—

• (a) the Director-General would be justified under section 27 in suspending operations under the programme but, in light of repeated suspensions of operations under the risk management programme in the past under that section, it would be more appropriate to deregister the programme; or

• (b) there is or has been such a serious failure of operations or other matters under the programme as to cast doubt on the fitness for intended purpose of the animal product produced under the programme; or

• (c) whether by reason of the passage of time, changing circumstances, or for any other reason, the risk management programme no longer ensures the fitness for intended purpose of animal product produced under the programme; or

• (d) the operator of the programme is no longer a fit and proper person to operate or be responsible for the operation of an animal product business, taking into account any conviction of the operator or any director or manager of the animal product business concerned, whether in New Zealand or overseas, of any offence relating to fraud or dishonesty, or relating to management control or business activities in respect of businesses of a kind (whether in New Zealand or elsewhere) that are regulated under this Act; or

• (e) the risk management programme has ceased to be relevant to the operations it purports to cover by reason of there being a change in the identity of—

  • (i) the person who owns or has control of the business concerned; or

  • (ii) the premises or place where the relevant operations are carried out; or

  • (iii) the material or product being produced or processed; or

  • (iv) the type of production or processing being carried out.

(2) The Director-General may not deregister a risk management programme under this section unless he or she has first—

• (a) notified the operator of the programme (whether orally or in writing) of the intention to deregister and the reason for deregistration; and

• (b) given the operator an opportunity to be heard.

(3) Where the Director-General determines to deregister a risk management programme, the Director-General must—

• (a) give written notice of that fact to the operator of the programme, giving reasons and specifying the date on which the deregistration takes effect (which may not be earlier than the date of notification); and

• (b) notify the appropriate recognised risk management programme verifying agency of that fact.

(4) Where a risk management programme is deregistered under this section, the Director-General may direct the operator or person in charge to take action appropriate to deal with any affected animal material or product and may exercise any of his or her other powers under section 82.

(5) The Director-General may notify any deregistration under this section in the Gazette.

(6) The deregistration of a risk management programme under this section does not affect any other actions that the Director-General may take under this Act.

(7) If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General deregisters a risk management programme under this section, the operator of the risk management programme or of the animal product business concerned may seek a review of the deregistration under section 162.

(1) The Director-General may at any time remove any animal product business from the coverage of a registered risk management programme that applies to 2 or more comparable businesses if the Director-General is satisfied that deregistration of the programme would be appropriate under section 28(1) if the animal product business were the only one operating under the programme.

(2) Subsections (2) to (7) of section 28 apply in relation to the removal of the business from the coverage of the risk management programme as if references in these sections to deregistration of the programme were references to removal from the coverage of the programme.

(1) The operator of a registered risk management programme may at any time surrender registration of the programme by notice in writing to the Director-General.

(2) Where the operator or animal product business concerned ceases to operate as a producer or processor of animal material or animal product, that operator (or, where appropriate, the liquidator, receiver, executor, or other successor in title of the operator) must, within 30 days of so ceasing,—

• (a) notify the Director-General in writing of that fact; and

• (b) surrender the notice of registration to the Director-General; and

• (c) notify the appropriate recognised risk management programme verifying agency of that fact.

(3) At the same time as notification under subsection (1) or subsection (2), the operator or other relevant person must also notify the Director-General of how it is proposed to deal with any remaining animal material or product covered by the risk management programme.

(4) The Director-General may approve or agree to any such proposal, but may also, if appropriate, exercise any of his or her powers under section 82.

(5) On being notified of a surrender under this section,—

• (a) the Director-General must record the surrender on the register of risk management programmes; and

• (b) the surrender takes effect from the date stated in the register.

Where there is any conflict between the requirements of a registered risk management programme and those of any regulations or specifications made under this Act, whether by reason of a failure to amend or update the programme to reflect any new requirements or otherwise, the requirements of the regulations or specifications prevail.

The object of sections 32 to 34 is to recognise the general equivalence of food safety programmes and risk management programmes, and to minimise the problems of overlap of 2 separate legislative regimes, by—

• (a) allowing, in section 32, a secondary processor of an animal product which is a food to elect to operate solely under a risk management programme and this Act, rather than under the equivalent Food Act regime (particularly where the food is for export, and may require official assurances); and

• (b) providing, in section 34, for the registration of food safety programmes as risk management programmes, and allowing switching between programmes in the case of persons who wish to operate principally under one regime, but may also need or wish to operate from time to time under the other regime in respect of all or part of their operations.

(1) A secondary processor of an animal product which is a food within the meaning of the Food Act 1981 may elect under this section to operate under a registered risk management programme rather than under a food safety programme or under the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 in respect of that product.

(2) An election under this section—

• (a) is made by notifying it to the Director-General, whether at the time the secondary processor applies for registration of a risk management programme or in such other manner as the Director-General may approve; and

• (b) takes effect when the risk management programme of the secondary processor is registered, or is notified in the register as taking effect.

(3) Sections 20 to 23 apply in relation to the application for registration of a risk management programme of any person making an election under this section.

(4) Where an election is made under this section,—

• (a) for the purposes of this Act, the secondary processor is to be treated as a person who is required to have a risk management programme in respect of the animal product concerned; and

• (b) the Food Act regime does not apply to the matters covered by the registered risk management programme.

(5) An election under this section is to be treated as revoked if the secondary processor surrenders the risk management programme under section 29, and subsection (4) of this section ceases to apply on and from the date stated in the register.

(6) When the Director-General has registered a secondary processor's risk management programme following an election of the processor under this section, the Director-General must—

• (a) notify the chief executive of the agency for the time being responsible for the administration of the Food Act 1981 and any relevant territorial authority (as defined in section 8B of the Food Act 1981) of the election; and

• (b) note the election on the register of risk management programmes in accordance with section 19.

(7) Where an election is treated as revoked by subsection (5), the Director-General must similarly notify the chief executive and relevant territorial authority referred to in subsection (6)(a), and must note the revocation on the register.

(1) Where a secondary processor operates under the Food Act regime rather than under a risk management programme in relation to any animal product that is for export, and overseas market access requirements as notified or made available by the Director-General under section 60 apply to that product,—

• (a) the product must meet the requirements imposed by or under this Act for the giving of official assurances, if any official assurance is to be given under this Act in relation to the product; and

• (b) if it does not, it cannot be the subject of an official assurance under this Act.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the secondary processor must operate under either a registered risk management programme or a food safety programme that is registered as a risk management programme in accordance with section 34, and meet such additional requirements as may be notified or made available under section 60.

(1) A secondary processor who wishes to have a food safety programme recognised as a risk management programme to be operated on an intermittent basis may apply to the Director-General for registration of the programme as a risk management programme.

(2) The application must be in a manner approved by the Director-General and be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any), and sections 20(2) to 23 apply to any such application as if it were an application under section 20(1).

(3) Where a food safety programme is registered as a risk management programme,—

• (a) its operator may operate under it only at the times and in the manner, and on the giving of such notification, as may be specified in conditions (if any) imposed under section 22; and

• (b) during, or in respect of matters occurring during, any period when the operator operates under the programme as a risk management programme,—

  • (i) for the purposes of this Act the operator is to be treated in respect of those operations as a person who is required to have a risk management programme in respect of those operations; and

  • (ii) subject to any regulations made under this section, the Food Act regime does not apply to those operations; and

• (c) during, or in respect of matters occurring during any period when the operator does not so operate, the operator is to be treated as subject to the Food Act regime, and, subject to any regulations made under this section, this Part does not apply in relation to that period or matters occurring during it; and

• (d) despite anything in this Act or the Food Act 1981, the risk management programme is subject to whichever audit or verification regime is specified by the Director-General under subsection (4).

(4) In imposing conditions on registration under section 22(3), the Director-General—

• (a) must specify whether and to what extent the programme is to be subject to the verification requirements of this Act or the audit requirements of the Food Act 1981; and

• (b) in making such a specification, is to have regard to the desirability of continuity in audit or verification services, functions, or requirements and to any overseas market access requirements notified or made available under section 60; and

• (c) may impose such other conditions as are reasonable in light of the operator's proposed use of the programme.

(5) Before registering a food safety programme as a risk management programme, the Director-General must advise the applicant of the conditions of the proposed registration and give the applicant the opportunity to withdraw the application.

(6) On registering a programme, the Director-General must as soon as practicable notify the fact and the conditions of the registration to—

• (a) the applicant; and

• (b) the chief executive of the agency for the time being responsible for the administration of the Food Act 1981, or the relevant territorial authority; and

• (c) the applicant's recognised risk management programme verifying agency (if applicable); and

• (d) the applicant's approved auditor under the Food Act 1981.

(7) Regulations and specifications made under sections 166 and 167 may provide for matters relating to the registration of food safety programmes as risk management programmes under this Act. Such regulations may—

• (a) specify or set criteria for determining whether all or any 1 or more classes of such programmes are to be subject to the verification regime of this Act or the audit regime of the Food Act 1981; and

• (b) exempt persons or provide for their exemption, whether wholly, partially, or conditionally, from compliance with specified requirements imposed by or under either Act, where such exemptions are appropriate in the interests of avoiding unnecessary or undesirable duplication of equivalent duties or matters under the 2 Acts.

For the purposes of this Part, the Director-General must, in accordance with Part 8,—

• (a) recognise persons and bodies as agencies who may be engaged to be responsible for the performance of verification functions and activities in relation to risk management programmes; and

• (b) recognise individuals as persons who may undertake the performance of verification functions and activities in relation to risk management programmes.

(1) The Director-General may, whether generally or in any particular case or class of case, by notice under section 167, require any recognised risk management programme verifying agency to notify the Director-General of the termination of any contractual arrangement with a client for the provision of verification functions and activities.

(2) In any such case, the recognised agency must notify the Director-General in writing of any such termination as soon as practicable, and in no case later than 7 days after its occurrence.

The object of this Part is to provide for regulated control schemes which are special regulatory regimes to provide for cases where—

• (a) it is inappropriate or impracticable to manage risk factors under risk management programmes; or

• (b) risk factors may need to be addressed in relation to the production of animal material or the processing of animal product that is not required by this Act to be covered by a registered risk management programme; or

• (c) special provision is required for the purposes of overseas market access requirements.

(1) The object of a regulated control scheme is to impose risk management measures in circumstances where—

• (a) it is not feasible or practicable for the relevant risk factors to be managed by individual animal product business operators within individual risk management programmes (whether or not those operators would normally be required to have a risk management programme); or

• (b) having regard to considerations of economic efficiency, or to legal considerations that may require the exercise of statutory authority for the successful management of risk factors, it is necessary or appropriate that the measures be imposed generally rather than being dealt with by way of individual risk management programmes; or

• (c) the measures are additional to those normally required to meet New Zealand animal product standards, and are necessary to meet access requirements of overseas markets as notified or made available under section 60.

(2) A regulated control scheme may be imposed—

• (a) by way of regulations made under section 166 on the recommendation of the Minister, supplemented by specifications and other requirements set by the Director-General under section 40:

• (b) in the case of measures required to meet access requirements of overseas markets that have been notified or made available under section 60, by way of specifications and requirements set by the Director-General under section 40.

(1) A regulated control scheme must specify its prime purpose, and may—

• (a) apply to all or any 1 or more classes of animal material or product, person or business, process or operation, premises or place, or area:

• (b) without limiting the generality of section 38, provide for matters such as surveying, monitoring, data collection, disease surveillance, sampling, testing, and analysis of or in relation to animal material and products and anything in the environment which may affect the suitability for its intended use of animal material or the fitness for intended purpose of animal products:

• (c) authorise or provide for technical matters and specifications and matters of detail to be specified by the Director-General under section 40.

(2) No regulated control scheme may be held invalid merely because it—

• (a) confers any discretion on, or allows any matter to be determined or approved by, the Minister, the Director-General, or any animal product officer; or

• (b) allows the Minister or the Director-General to impose specifications or requirements as to the performance of any activities.

(3) The Minister may not recommend the making of regulations for the purposes of imposing a regulated control scheme unless he or she—

• (a) is satisfied that any 1 or more of the criteria specified in section 38(1) apply; and

• (b) is satisfied that appropriate consultation has been carried out in accordance with section 163.

(4) In determining whether or not to recommend the making of a regulated control scheme, or the content of such a scheme, the Minister is to have regard to—

• (a) the need to protect the health of consumers and users of animal products:

• (b) the most effective way of handling the relevant risk factors:

• (c) the desirability of facilitating market access:

• (d) the desirability of maintaining consistency between New Zealand animal product standards and any relevant standards, requirements, or recommended practices that apply or are accepted internationally:

• (e) the relative costs of having the scheme or not having it, who bears the cost, and any positive and negative impacts on consumers and users:

• (f) whether the scheme option proposed or selected is the most cost effective way of achieving its prime purpose:

• (g) such other matters as the Minister considers relevant.

(1) The Director-General may from time to time, by notice under section 167, set specifications and other detailed requirements that—

• (a) are specified or contemplated by or necessary or desirable to give effect to a regulated control scheme; or

• (b) are necessary or desirable to meet overseas market access requirements that have been notified or made available under section 60; or

• (c) are necessary or desirable to amplify the manner in which the requirements of any such scheme or requirements may or are to be met.

(2) The Director-General may set specifications and other requirements under subsection (1)(a) or (c) only after having regard to the matters specified in section 39(4) and (except where section 163(5) applies) after appropriate consultation carried out in accordance with section 163.

(1) The Minister may, by order, institute emergency control schemes if, in the opinion of the Minister,—

• (a) an emergency or urgent situation has arisen involving risk to—

  • (i) human or animal health; or

  • (ii) the integrity or reputation of New Zealand exports of animal material or products; or

  • (iii) overseas market access for New Zealand exports of animal material or products; and

• (b) it is not practicable in the circumstances of the particular case, in time to deal with the situation, to—

  • (i) issue or amend regulations or specifications in accordance with sections 39 and 40; or

  • (ii) otherwise effectively alleviate or minimise the relevant risk.

(2) Any such order may contain any of the matters specified in sections 39 and 40.

(3) Any such order must as soon as practicable be—

• (a) either published or notified in the Gazette; and

• (b) to the extent practicable, brought to the attention of all persons likely to be affected by it.

(4) If the order is notified only, and not published, in the Gazette,—

• (a) the Director-General must make copies of the order available for inspection free of charge, and for purchase at a reasonable cost, at the head office of the Ministry and at such other places as the Director-General determines as necessary or appropriate; and

• (b) the Gazette notice must specify where a copy of the order may be inspected or obtained.

(5) A Ministerial order under this section—

• (a) takes effect on such day as may be specified in the order (which may not be earlier than the day it is notified or published in the Gazette, except in the case of any person affected who has been supplied with a copy of the order at any earlier time); and

• (b) unless sooner revoked, expires at the end of 6 months after the date of its publication or notification in the Gazette, unless extended by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for a further period not exceeding 6 months (at the end of which period it expires).

(6) Before making an order under this section, the Minister must ensure that such consultation as is reasonable and practicable in the circumstances has been undertaken, but section 163 does not apply to an order under this section.

(7) In the case of inconsistency between a Ministerial order under this section and any other regulated control scheme, the Ministerial order prevails.

(8) A Ministerial order may be amended at any time in the same manner as it was made.

(9) Despite anything in section 28 of the State Sector Act 1988, the Minister may not delegate to any other person the power to make orders under this section, or to extend or revoke such orders.

(10) An order made under this section is to be treated for the purposes of the Regulations Disallowance Act 1989 (but not for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989) as if it were a regulation within the meaning of that Act.

The object of this Part is to provide for—

• (a) the setting of standards that must be met by any animal product intended for trade or processed for reward before it may be considered fit for intended purpose; and

• (b) the setting of specifications that may be necessary or desirable to ensure such standards are met.

Standards and specifications set under this Part may apply in respect of any class or description of animal material or product, person or business, process or operation, equipment or other thing, premises or place, or area, and may apply regardless of whether or not a risk management programme is in place or required in respect of the relevant material or product, person or business, process or operation, premises or place, or area.

(1) Regulations may be made under section 166, on the recommendation of the Minister, prescribing standards that specify the criteria that must be met to ensure that animal products produced or processed for reward or trade or for export from New Zealand are fit for intended purpose.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), standards may be prescribed for the purposes of, or in relation to, all or any of the following matters:

• (a) the fitness for intended purpose of animal products:

• (b) the composition of animal material or products, including any limitations or requirements in relation to ingredients or additives:

• (c) the imposition of limitations or requirements in relation to hazards, wholesomeness, microbiological or chemical status, or the occurrence of other substances in animal material or products:

• (d) the production, processing, and preparation of animal material or products:

• (e) the genetic modification of animal material or products or ingredients or additives:

• (f) the examining, sampling, and testing of animal material or products, or associated things, to determine their composition or status or fitness for intended purpose or suitability for their intended use:

• (g) the packing, storage, and handling of animal material or products, or associated things:

• (h) materials, substances, containers, appliances, and equipment used, or intended for use, in relation to animal material or products or associated things:

• (i) the carriage and delivery of animal material or products, or associated things:

• (j) the identification and labelling of animal material or products or associated things:

• (k) the keeping of records and provision of returns and information:

• (l) other matters relevant to the management of risk factors.

(3) A standard may apply generally, or in relation to any 1 or more of the following:

• (a) any specified animal material or product, person or business, activity, or related matter or thing:

• (b) any specified class or classes of animal material or product, person or business, activity, or related matter or thing:

• (c) the same class of animal material or product, person or business, activity, or related matter or thing in different circumstances.

(4) A standard may authorise or provide for specifications and matters of detail to be specified by the Director-General under section 45.

(5) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a class of animal material or product, person or business, activity, or matter may be defined by reference to the premises or place, area, or locality in which the relevant animal material or product or matter or thing, is produced, processed, or otherwise dealt with, or occurs.

(6) No prescribed standard may be held invalid merely because it—

• (a) confers any discretion on, or allows any matter to be determined or approved by, the Minister, the Director-General, or any animal product officer; or

• (b) allows the Minister, the Director-General, or any other person to impose requirements as to the performance of any activities.

(7) In prescribing any standards under this section, the Minister is to have regard to—

• (a) the need to protect the health of consumers and users of animal products:

• (b) the desirability of facilitating market access:

• (c) the desirability of maintaining consistency between New Zealand animal product standards and any relevant standards, requirements, or recommended practices that apply or are accepted internationally:

• (d) such other matters as the Minister considers relevant.

(8) The Minister may not recommend the prescribing of any animal product standard unless the Minister is satisfied that appropriate consultation has been carried out in accordance with section 163.

(1) The Director-General may from time to time, by notice under section 167, set specifications and other detailed requirements that—

• (a) are specified or contemplated by or necessary to give effect to any standard prescribed under section 44:

• (b) are necessary or desirable to amplify the manner in which any such standard may or must be achieved.

(2) The Director-General may set specifications under this section only after having regard to the matters specified in section 44(7) and (except where section 163(5) applies) after appropriate consultation carried out in accordance with section 163.

(1) The Minister may, by order, issue emergency animal product standards and specifications if, in the opinion of the Minister,—

• (a) an emergency or urgent situation has arisen involving risk to—

  • (i) human or animal health; or

  • (ii) the integrity or reputation of New Zealand exports of animal material or products; or

  • (iii) overseas market access for New Zealand exports of animal material or products; and

• (b) it is not practicable in the circumstances of the particular case, in time to deal with the situation, to—

  • (i) issue or amend regulations or specifications in accordance with sections 44 and 45; or

  • (ii) otherwise effectively alleviate or minimise the relevant risk.

(2) Any such order may contain any of the matters specified in sections 44 and 45.

(3) Any such order must as soon as practicable be—

• (a) either published or notified in the Gazette; and

• (b) to the extent practicable, brought to the attention of all persons likely to be affected by it.

(4) If the order is notified only, and not published, in the Gazette,—

• (a) the Director-General must make copies of the order available for inspection free of charge, and for purchase at a reasonable cost, at the head office of the Ministry and at such other places as the Director-General determines as necessary or appropriate; and

• (b) the Gazette notice must specify where a copy of the order may be inspected or obtained.

(5) A Ministerial order under this section—

• (a) takes effect on such day as may be specified in the order (which may not be earlier than the day it is notified or published in the Gazette, except in the case of any person affected who has been supplied with a copy of the order at any earlier time); and

• (b) unless sooner revoked, expires at the end of 6 months after the date of its publication or notification in the Gazette, unless extended by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for a further period not exceeding 6 months (at the end of which period it expires).

(6) Before making an order under this section, the Minister must ensure that such consultation as is reasonable and practicable in the circumstances has been undertaken, but section 163 does not apply to an order under this section.

(7) In the case of inconsistency between a Ministerial order under this section and any animal product standard or specification prescribed or issued under section 44 or section 45, the Ministerial order prevails.

(8) A Ministerial order may be amended at any time in the same manner as it was made.

(9) Despite anything in section 28 of the State Sector Act 1988, the Minister may not delegate to any other person the power to make orders under this section, or to extend or revoke such orders.

(10) Any order made under this section is to be treated for the purposes of the Regulations Disallowance Act 1989 (but not for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989) as if it were a regulation within the meaning of that Act.

The object of this Part is to facilitate sustainable international trade in animal material and animal products from New Zealand by—

• (a) providing for the specifying of requirements that must be met in relation to all or any classes or descriptions of animal material or animal products for them to be eligible for export; and

• (b) providing for requirements and systems intended to safeguard official assurances provided by New Zealand in respect of animal material and animal products; and

• (c) providing for the registration of exporters of animal material and animal products, where appropriate.

(1) No person may export from New Zealand any animal material or product to which this Part applies unless—

• (a) the person is registered as an exporter under this Part; or

• (b) the animal material or product or consignment or person concerned is exempted from the requirements of this section—

  • (i) by Order in Council made under section 9; or

  • (ii) by regulations under this Act or by notice given by the Director-General under section 50.

(2) Subject to subsection (1)(b), this Part applies to—

• (a) all animal products intended for human or animal consumption:

• (b) all animal material or products in respect of which—

  • (i) requirements are notified or made available under section 60A; and

  • (ii) an official assurance is required:

• (c) such other animal material or products as are specified by Order in Council made under section 49.

(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, require any 1 or more classes of exporter of animal material or products, being animal material or products of a kind not described in section 48(2)(a) or (b), to register as exporters under this Part in respect of such animal material or products as may be specified in the order.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the animal material or products to which the order relates may be defined by reference to—

• (a) the class or description of animal material or product exported or to be exported; or

• (b) the intended purpose or destination of the animal material or product exported or to be exported; or

• (c) the class or description of operations or processes carried out in relation to the animal material or product exported or to be exported; or

• (d) the class or description of premises or place, or the area, in which operations or processes were carried out in relation to the animal material or product exported or to be exported; or

• (e) any combination of the above.

(3) The Minister may not recommend the making of an order under this section unless—

• (a) the Minister is satisfied that the order is necessary or desirable—

  • (i) in the interests of protecting the health of humans or animals, or otherwise to ensure the fitness for intended purpose of the animal product concerned; or

  • (ii) for the purpose of facilitating access to overseas markets; or

  • (iii) to protect the integrity or reputation of New Zealand exports of animal material and products; and

• (b) in the case of an order recommended on a ground specified in paragraph (a)(i), there has been appropriate consultation on the subject matter of the order in accordance with section 163.

(1) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, exempt from all or any of the requirements of this Part any particular consignment or animal material or product or person, or class of consignments or animal material or products or persons, if the Director-General is satisfied that the consignment or animal material or product to be exported is—

• (a) to be used for the purposes of research or development; or

• (b) to be used as a trade sample or otherwise to assess any overseas market for the initial development of that market; or

• (c) for the personal use or other non-commercial use of the person travelling with the consignment; or

• (d) of a kind that may be exempted by the Director-General in accordance with any order or regulations made under this Act.

(2) An exemption under this section may be subject to such conditions as are specified in the notice.

It is the duty of every exporter of animal material or products to which this Part applies—

• (a) to ensure that their operations as an exporter do not contravene any relevant requirement of or under this Act; and

• (b) to export only animal material or products that meet—

  • (i) any relevant animal product standards and specifications; and

  • (ii) any relevant requirements pertaining to exports notified or made available under section 60A; and

• (c) to notify the Director-General as soon as possible, and in any case not later than 24 hours after the event or first knowledge of the event, in any case where animal material or products exported or to be exported by the exporter—

  • (i) are not fit, or are no longer fit, for intended purpose; or

  • (ii) are refused entry by the foreign government concerned; or

  • (iii) do not or no longer meet relevant requirements notified or made available under section 60A; or

  • (iv) do not have, or no longer have, the required official assurances; and

• (d) to maintain procedures and processes to demonstrate that the record-keeping requirements of and under this Act in relation to the provenance and processing of the animal material or product exported by the exporter are being complied with.

(1) The Director-General must keep and maintain a register of exporters that records persons authorised under this Part to export animal material or products to which this Part applies.

(2) The purpose of the register is—

• (a) to enable members of the public to know who is authorised under this Part to export animal material and products; and

• (b) to facilitate the ability of the Director-General to—

  • (i) advise exporters of export requirements; and

  • (ii) safeguard official assurances for entry of animal material and products into overseas markets, including in emergency situations; and

• (c) to facilitate the compliance, audit, and other supporting and administrative functions of the Ministry under this Act.

(3) The Director-General must—

• (a) keep the register open for public inspection, without fee, during reasonable hours at the head office of the Ministry and at such other places as the Director-General determines as necessary or appropriate; and

• (b) supply to any person copies of all or part of the register on request and payment of a reasonable charge for the production of the copy.

(4) The register may be kept in such manner as the Director-General thinks fit, including, either wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility—

• (a) that records or stores information electronically or by other means; and

• (b) that permits the information so recorded to be readily inspected or reproduced in usable form; and

• (c) that permits the information in the register to be accessed by electronic means, including (without limitation) by means of remote logon access.

The register of exporters must contain the following particulars in relation to each exporter:

• (a) the name and address (including the electronic address, if available) of the exporter:

• (b) the date of registration and the date of expiry of that registration:

• (ba) the date of any deregistration under section 58:

• (c) such other particulars as may be required by or under this Act.

(1) A person who intends to export any animal material or product to which this Part applies (other than animal material or product exempted under section 9 or section 50 or by regulations under this Act) must apply to the Director-General, in a manner approved by the Director-General, for registration on the register of exporters.

(2) On receipt of a properly made application accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any), the Director-General must register the applicant as an exporter unless the Director-General considers that—

• (a) the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be registered as an exporter, having regard to any conviction of the applicant or any director or manager of the applicant, whether in New Zealand or overseas, for any offence relating to fraud or dishonesty, or relating to management control or business activities in respect of businesses of a kind (whether in New Zealand or elsewhere) that are regulated under this Act; or

• (b) there has in the past been a serious or repeated failure by the applicant to comply with duties of the type specified in section 51; or

• (c) there are other good grounds for considering that the applicant is likely in the future to fail to comply with the duties specified in section 51; or

• (d) subsection (3) applies to disqualify the person.

(3) No person may be registered as an exporter unless—

• (a) they are a New Zealand resident within the meaning of section YD 1 or YD 2 (excluding section YD 2(2)) of the Income Tax Act 2007; or

• (b) they have an agent who is a New Zealand resident within the meaning of those sections.

(4) For the purpose of assessing the matters specified in subsection (2), the Director-General may require an applicant to supply information additional to that contained in the application.

(5) If the applicant fails to supply the information within 3 months after the request, or within such further time as the Director-General may allow, the application lapses.

Where the Director-General determines to register an applicant as an exporter, the Director-General must—

• (a) register the person as an exporter on the register, showing the date of registration; and

• (b) notify the person in writing accordingly.

(1) If the Director-General proposes to refuse to register a person as an exporter, the Director-General must give the applicant—

• (a) a notice containing such particulars as will clearly inform the applicant of the substance of the grounds on which the Director-General proposes to refuse to register the applicant; and

• (b) a copy of any information on which the Director-General relies in proposing to refuse to register the applicant; and

• (c) a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions or be heard in respect of the matter.

(2) Where the Director-General finally determines to refuse to register a person as an exporter, the Director-General must as soon as practicable notify the person, in writing, of—

• (a) the decision; and

• (b) the reasons for the decision, and the facts or assumptions on which it is based.

(1) Every registered exporter is liable to pay, either annually or at such greater interval as may be prescribed, the prescribed fee (if any), in respect of their continued registration.

(2) Any failure to pay the fee by the due date that persists for more than 30 days may result in deregistration under section 58.

(1) The Director-General may remove a person from the register of exporters if satisfied that—

• (a) there has been a serious or repeated failure by the applicant to comply with the duties specified in section 51; or

• (b) the person is disqualified from being registered as an exporter by virtue of section 54(3), or is not a fit and proper person to be registered as an exporter having regard to any conviction of a kind referred to in section 54(2)(a) that—

  • (i) arose after the person's registration as an exporter; or

  • (ii) first came to the attention of the Director-General after the person's registration as an exporter; or

• (c) any failure to pay the annual fee or other fee prescribed under section 57 by the due date has persisted for more than 30 days.

(2) Before removing a person from the register, the Director-General must—

• (a) notify the person in writing of his or her intention, giving the reasons for that intention and the facts and assumptions on which it is based; and

• (b) give the person a reasonable opportunity, within the time specified in the written notice, to provide evidence, information, and submissions as to why the person should not be removed from the register.

(3) Where the Director-General considers it urgently necessary in the interests of human or animal health, or the integrity or reputation of New Zealand exports,—

• (a) the Director-General may direct the exporter to suspend all export operations, or such operations as the Director-General may specify, pending a final determination as to whether the exporter should be deregistered, and may also give such directions under section 82 as appear to the Director-General to be reasonable in relation to any animal material or products under the control of the exporter at the time the direction is given; and

• (b) any such direction takes effect from the date of the notification under subsection (2), or such later date as the Director-General specifies; and

• (c) the exporter must comply with the direction.

(4) After considering the material (if any) supplied by a person under subsection (2)(b), the Director-General must—

• (a) make a final decision as to whether or not to remove the person from the register; and

• (b) as soon as practicable, notify the person of the decision in writing, giving reasons and the facts or assumptions on which the decision is based in the case of an unfavourable decision.

If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General refuses an application to register a person as an exporter, or deregisters a person, the person may seek a review of that decision under section 162.

(1) The Director-General may, by notice issued under this section, specify requirements in relation to all or any class or description of animal material or animal product intended for export, if the Director-General is satisfied that the setting of the requirements—

• (a) is necessary or desirable for the purpose of facilitating access to overseas markets; or

• (b) is in accordance with the requirements of the relevant authority of the importing country, or can reasonably be expected to satisfy the requirements of the relevant authority of the importing country; or

• (c) is necessary or desirable to safeguard assurances provided by New Zealand.

(2) In specifying requirements under subsection (1) the Director-General may, where he or she considers it necessary or desirable, specify the manner in which the export requirements may or must be met, when this may or must occur, who is responsible for ensuring the requirements are met, and any recording requirements that are to be complied with.

(3) Requirements specified under subsection (1) may include requirements that the Director-General is satisfied are necessary or desirable for the purpose of maintaining consistency with any standards, requirements, or recommended practices that apply or are accepted internationally.

(1) The Director-General must—

• (a) either notify or ensure that there is made available to registered exporters any export requirements specified under section 60; and

• (b) make those requirements available for inspection free of charge, or for purchase at reasonable cost, to such exporters, operators of risk management programmes, and other persons as are affected by the requirements.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Director-General from—

• (a) charging for access to any website, or for information or services provided by any website; or

• (b) in the case of export requirements that are commercially sensitive, limiting access to those requirements to persons who satisfy the Director-General that their specific export or processing activities cannot be properly undertaken under this Act unless they have that access.

(1) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, where satisfied that it is appropriate to do so having regard to the requirements of the relevant overseas market,—

• (a) exempt from the requirements of any food standards issued under Part 2A of the Food Act 1981 or any standards specified by notice under section 167 of this Act any 1 or more classes or descriptions of animal material or animal product that is intended for export from New Zealand to any destination other than Australia:

• (b) exempt from the requirements of any such food standards that apply only in New Zealand any 1 or more classes or descriptions of animal material or animal product that is intended for export to Australia.

(2) Regulations made under section 166 may also provide for exemptions of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b).

(1) The Director-General, or a person authorised by the Director-General under section 65, may issue an official assurance in respect of animal material or animal product.

(2) Without limiting the matters to which an official assurance may apply, an official assurance is a general statement to a foreign government, or an agent of a foreign government, attesting that, as appropriate, any 1 or more of the following applies in respect of any animal material or animal product:

• (a) any specified process has been completed under this Act with respect to the animal material or product concerned:

• (b) the animal product concerned meets the applicable animal product standards set under this Act:

• (c) any requirements specified by notice under section 60A that are stated in the assurance have been met:

• (d) the situation in New Zealand, in relation to any matter concerning animal material or animal products, is as stated in the assurance.

(3) An official assurance is not a guarantee that the contents of all or any particular consignment of animal material or animal products to which it relates—

• (a) necessarily meet the commercial requirements of the importer; or

• (b) are fit for consumption or use no matter what the status or description of the consumer or user, or what has happened to the consignment or what has been its treatment since it left New Zealand; or

• (c) are fit for consumption or use for a purpose other than that for which they were intended.

The Crown is not liable, and nor is the Director-General or any employee of the Ministry liable, for any loss arising through the refusal or failure of the relevant authority of an overseas market to admit export animal material or animal product to that market.

(1) An official assurance may be in the form of a certificate or declaration or in such other form as may be determined by the Director-General.

(2) An official assurance may relate to—

• (a) 1 or more consignments of animal material or product; or

• (b) 1 or more producers or processors or exporters of animal material or product; or

• (c) 1 or more export destinations; or

• (d) any combination of the above.

(3) An official assurance may be communicated to its appropriate destination by writing, fax, electronic means, or any other form of communication that is accurate, clear, and verifiable.

(4) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, issue specifications setting out requirements and procedures for the issue and control of official assurances.

(1) A person who wishes to obtain an official assurance in respect of any animal material or product for export may apply in a manner approved by the Director-General, and must supply any information required by the Director-General and pay any relevant fee.

(2) The Director-General need not issue an official assurance unless satisfied that the information obtained from the applicant justifies the giving of the assurance.

(1) An official assurance may be withdrawn by the Director-General or other authorised person if the Director-General or person is satisfied that—

• (a) the assurance was incorrectly or inappropriately given; or

• (b) events or circumstances occurring since the assurance was given mean that it no longer holds true, or is misleading.

(2) The Director-General or other authorised person may, on application in a manner approved by the Director-General and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), reissue the official assurance (with any modifications, if appropriate) as a new official assurance.

The Director-General may designate 1 or more persons employed within the Ministry as authorised persons who may issue official assurances for the purposes of this Part.

(1) The main object of this Part is to facilitate the tracing of any animal material or product intended for human or animal consumption that is derived from animals from game estates, thus helping to ensure proper treatment of the animal material or product.

(2) This is achieved by requiring the listing of game estates from which edible parts of game estate animals are removed (while leaving unaffected the ability to dispose of skins, hides, horns, antlers, or other material that is not for human or animal consumption).

A game estate is a place within which animals are kept (whether all of the time or only some of the time), as if in the wild, for the purpose of providing opportunities for persons to hunt or catch them as recreational catch as if in the wild, being animals of a species, kind, or description specified for the purposes of this section by notice under section 167.

(1) A client hunter may kill or process a game estate animal himself or herself (either on the game estate or on the client hunter's own property), or have it processed by a listed homekill or recreational catch service provider, in accordance with section 68.

(2) A game estate operator may dress and process a game estate animal for a client hunter only if the operator is a listed homekill or recreational catch service provider, except as provided in subsection (3).

(3) Nothing in Part 6 or in subsection (2) of this section requires a game estate operator to be listed as a homekill or recreational catch service provider if—

• (a) the operator only carries out limited processing, such as removing trophy heads or skinning killed animals; or

• (b) the only processing carried out by the operator (beside any limited processing referred to in paragraph (a)) is the preparation and serving of the recreational catch as a meal to its catcher or members of the catcher's party.

(4) A game estate operator may also—

• (a) in accordance with section 67, have any game estate animal from his or her estate (whether or not caught or killed by a client hunter) killed or processed by a listed homekill or recreational catch service provider for the operator's own use or consumption as if the operator were the owner and farmer of the animal:

• (b) sell or otherwise dispose of any parts of a game estate animal (including such things as skins, hides, and trophy heads) from the operator's estate, by whomever caught or killed or processed, that are not for human or animal consumption:

• (c) sell or dispose of any parts of such an animal to a renderer in accordance with any conditions imposed by the Director-General by notice under section 167.

(5) A game estate operator who is listed under this Part may also present killed game estate animals for primary processing in accordance with Parts 2 to 4 for use or consumption as regulated animal product.

A game estate must be listed under this Part if—

• (a) any edible parts of game estate animals killed by client hunters on the game estate are allowed by the operator to be removed by the client hunters (except to the extent they are intended for use as trophies); or

• (b) the operator wishes to supply game estate animal material for processing in accordance with Parts 2 to 4 for use or consumption as regulated animal product.

(1) The Director-General must keep and maintain a list of all game estates to which section 65D applies.

(2) The purpose of the list is—

• (a) to enable members of the public to know—

  • (i) what places are listed game estates for the purposes of this Act; and

  • (ii) who is recognised by law as authorised to operate a listed game estate for the purposes of this Act; and

• (b) to facilitate the compliance, audit, and other functions of the Ministry as the agency with regulatory functions under this Act.

(3) The Director-General must—

• (a) keep the list open for public inspection, without fee, during ordinary office hours at the head office of the Ministry and at such other places as the Director-General determines; and

• (b) supply to any person copies of all or part of the list on request and payment of a reasonable charge for the production of the copy.

(4) The list may be kept in such manner as the Director-General thinks fit.

The list of game estates must contain the following particulars in relation to each game estate:

• (a) the name and address (including the electronic address, if available) of the game estate operator:

• (b) the address or location of the place comprising the game estate:

• (c) the species or kinds of game estate animal available for hunting:

• (d) the date on which the game estate was listed:

• (e) such other particulars as may be prescribed by notice or regulations under this Act.

A person who wishes to operate a listed game estate must apply to the Director-General in a manner approved by the Director-General for listing as a game estate.

(1) On receipt of a properly made application accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any), the Director-General must list the applicant's operation as a game estate if satisfied that—

• (a) the operation is a game estate to which section 65D applies; and

• (b) having regard to the objects and requirements of this Act, there is no good reason why the operation should not be listed as a game estate.

(2) Where the Director-General determines to list an applicant's operation as a game estate, the Director-General must—

• (a) include the applicant and the applicant's game estate operation on the list of game estates; and

• (b) notify the applicant in writing accordingly.

If the Director-General determines to refuse to list an applicant's operation as a game estate, the Director-General must, as soon as practicable, notify the applicant in writing of—

• (a) the decision; and

• (b) the reasons for the decision, and the facts or assumptions on which it is based.

(1) The Director-General may remove any game estate from the list if—

• (a) the listed operator so requests; or

• (b) the Director-General is satisfied that the criteria referred to in section 65H no longer apply, or the place is no longer operated as a game estate; or

• (c) any failure to pay the listing fee (if any) by the due date has persisted for more than 30 days.

(2) Before delisting a game estate on any of the grounds referred to in subsection (1)(b) and (c), the Director-General must—

• (a) notify the game estate operator in writing of his or her intention; and

• (b) give the person a reasonable opportunity, within the time specified in the written notice, to explain why the game estate should not be delisted, or to pay the unpaid fee.

(3) The delisting of a game estate under this section does not affect the right of a person to make a further application for listing under section 65G.

If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General refuses an application to list an operation as a game estate, or delists a game estate, the person aggrieved by the decision may seek a review of the decision under section 162.

Every operator of a listed game estate is liable to pay, either annually or at such greater intervals as may be prescribed, the prescribed fee (if any) in respect of the continued listing of the game estate.

(1) The principal objects of this Part are—

• (a) to allow for owners of animals and recreational hunters and fishers to kill and process their own animals and recreational catch, or have it done for them by certain identified persons, outside the normal regulatory requirements of this Act, provided that the animal or recreational catch is for their own use or consumption and is not traded:

• (b) to ensure that homekill and recreational catch is treated entirely separate from, and cannot be mingled with or traded as, regulated animal products.

(2) In particular, this Part provides for—

• (a) the listing of persons who may undertake homekill or recreational catch services on behalf of animal owners or recreational hunters and fishers:

• (b) a prohibition on any person undertaking such services at any premises or place where regulated animal products are processed, except in the case of retail butchers who also list as homekill or recreational catch service providers:

• (c) dual operator butchers to operate under a risk management programme that specifically recognises and takes account of the risk factors involved in carrying out dual operations at the same premises or place.

(1) Nothing in this Act prevents an animal owner from—

• (a) killing or processing the animal himself or herself on his or her own property; or

• (b) in the case of an animal owner who has been actively engaged in the day-to-day maintenance of the animal, or of other animals of the same kind, for a period of at least 28 days immediately preceding the killing of the animal, having the animal killed or processed, otherwise than in accordance with Parts 2 to 4, by a listed homekill or recreational catch service provider on the service provider's premises or place or the animal owner's own property,—

so long as the resulting homekill product is for the use or consumption of the animal owner (including his or her family or household), and not for trade; and Parts 2 to 4 do not apply to any such homekill.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), homekill product will be treated as being for the use or consumption of the owner, and not for trade, if—

• (a) in the case of an animal belonging to a farmer, the farmer supplies the homekill product to an employee of the farmer who is employed in an ongoing manner in the farmer's daily farming operations, for the use or consumption of that employee (including his or her family or household); or

• (b) the edible part of the homekill product is for the use or consumption of the owner (or the owner's family, household, or farm employee), and the only parts of the homekill product that are traded—

  • (i) are not for human or animal consumption; or

  • (ii) are sold or disposed of to a renderer in accordance with any conditions imposed by the Director-General by notice under section 167.

(3) Despite subsection (1), animal product from an animal that is killed at a location other than the animal owner's own property or a listed service provider's premises or place, or by a person other than the owner or a listed service provider, may nevertheless be treated as homekill product if—

• (a) humane reasons necessitated the killing of the animal at that other location or by that other person; and

• (b) the other requirements of this section are otherwise met in relation to the animal and material derived from the animal (except to the extent that any immediately associated processing is required at the location of the killing).

(4) In this section, own property, in relation to an animal owner, means land which the owner—

• (a) owns or leases; or

• (b) has a legal right to occupy or use, and does in fact occupy, or use to conduct farming or similar operations.

(1) Nothing in this Act prevents a person who has hunted or harvested an animal as recreational catch from—

• (a) killing or processing the animal himself or herself, on his or her own property or at or near the place where the animal was hunted or harvested; or

• (b) having the animal killed or processed, otherwise than in accordance with Parts 2 to 4, by a listed homekill or recreational catch service provider, on the service provider's premises or place or on the catcher's property or at or near the place where the animal was hunted or harvested,—

so long as the recreational catch product is for the use or consumption of the catcher (including members of the catcher's party or family or household), and not for trade; and Parts 2 to 4 do not apply to any such recreational catch.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), recreational catch product will be treated as being for the use or consumption of the catcher, and not for trade, if—

• (a) the edible part of the product is for the use or consumption of the catcher (or members of the catcher's party or family or household); and

• (b) the only parts of the recreational catch product that are traded—

  • (i) are not for human or animal consumption; or

  • (ii) are sold or disposed of to a renderer in accordance with any conditions imposed by the Director-General by notice under section 167.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, customary catch that is duly authorised under the Fisheries Act 1996 is to be treated as recreational catch that complies with the requirements of this section, so long as it is used for the purposes for which such catch is authorised.

(1) Despite anything in this Act, but subject to section 70, the following persons may kill or process for reward, for the owner or hunter or harvester of the animal, any animal or animal material that is homekill or recreational catch without needing to have or comply with a risk management programme, or to comply with any other requirement imposed by or under Parts 2 to 4:

• (a) persons listed as homekill or recreational catch service providers under section 76:

• (b) persons who are in the business of providing meals and who prepare and serve recreational catch as a meal to its catcher and members of the catcher's party:

• (c) any other class of persons specified for the purposes of this section by regulations made under this Act.

(2) Except as provided in section 70, a person listed as a homekill or recreational catch service provider under this Part is exempt from the requirement to operate under a risk management programme in respect of the processing of animal material or products that are homekill or recreational catch; and nothing in Parts 2 to 4 applies in respect of such operations.

(3) Nothing in section 131(2)(c) prevents a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) from trading or otherwise disposing of animal material derived from the processing of homekill or recreational catch if the animal material—

• (a) is skins, hides, horns, antlers, or other material that is not for human or animal consumption; or

• (b) is sold or disposed of to a renderer in accordance with any conditions imposed by the Director-General by notice under section 167.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), no person may carry out at the same premises or place both—

• (a) homekill or recreational catch processing operations; and

• (b) the processing of, or trade in, any regulated animal product for human or animal consumption.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—

• (a) retail butchers acting in accordance with section 71; or

• (b) persons who are in the business of providing meals containing or consisting of regulated animal product, to the extent only that those persons also prepare and serve recreational catch as a meal to its catcher and members of the catcher's party; or

• (c) game estate operators who are in the business of providing meals containing or consisting of regulated product to client hunters and their parties, to the extent that they also prepare and serve a client hunter's recreational catch as a meal to the client hunter and members of the client hunter's party; or

• (d) listed game estate operators who are also listed homekill or recreational catch service providers, to the extent that they perform homekill or recreational catch services—

  • (i) to client hunters in respect of animals taken by the client hunters; or

  • (ii) in respect of animals owned by the game estate operator that are to be processed and consumed by the game estate operator (including the operator's family, household, or employees).

(1) A retail butcher may carry out, at the same premises or place, both regulated animal product operations or trade and homekill or recreational catch operations, but only subject to the following conditions:

• (a) the retail butcher must be listed as a homekill or recreational catch service provider:

• (b) no animal that is homekill or recreational catch may be killed on or at any premises or place where regulated animal product is processed or traded:

• (ba) regulated animal product must be processed and stored separately from any homekill or recreational catch animal material or product:

• (c) the dual operator butcher must operate under a risk management programme in respect of all regulated animal products within the retail butchery business (and accordingly is deemed to have made an election under section 32) at the premises or place concerned, and may not operate under the Food Act regime at the premises or place:

• (d) in addition to any other matters required under Part 2, the risk management programme of the dual operator butcher must identify and specify the following matters:

  • (i) the unique risk factors inherent in having homekill or recreational catch processed in a place or premises where regulated animal products are also processed or traded:

  • (ii) the measures to be taken to ensure that homekill and recreational catch products are not confused with regulated animal products, and do not enter the dual operator's normal retail butcher trade or other trade in regulated animal products for human or animal consumption:

  • (iii) the measures to be taken to ensure that no product from the business, whether homekill, recreational catch, or regulated animal product for human or animal consumption, is exported, whether by the service provider or any other person (otherwise than as specifically provided by section 50 in the case of the person whose homekill or recreational catch it was).

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, homekill or recreational catch product may not be treated as regulated animal product merely because it is processed at any premises or place subject to a risk management programme as required by subsection (1)(c) and (d).

(1) If a homekill or recreational catch service provider at any time processes any animal product sourced from operations subject to a registered risk management programme or a regulated control scheme or the Food Act regime (or from premises licensed under the Meat Act 1981), then, unless subsection (2) applies, that product ceases to be regulated animal product, and cannot be traded.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the processing of animal product by a dual operator butcher at the dual operator butcher's premises or place under the dual operator butcher's registered risk management programme for regulated animal products, and in this case the animal product remains regulated animal product that can be traded.

(1) The Director-General must keep and maintain a list of homekill and recreational catch service providers that records all persons listed to kill or process for reward homekill or recreational catch of another person.

(2) The purpose of the list is—

• (a) to enable members of the public to know who is recognised by law to provide homekill and recreational catch services; and

• (b) to facilitate the compliance, audit, and other functions of the Ministry as the agency with regulatory functions under this Act.

(3) The Director-General must—

• (a) keep the list open for public inspection, without fee, during ordinary office hours at the head office of the Ministry and at such other places as the Director-General determines; and

• (b) supply to any person copies of all or part of the list on request and payment of a reasonable charge for the production of the copy.

(4) The list may be kept in such manner as the Director-General thinks fit, including, either wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility—

• (a) that records or stores information electronically or by other means; and

• (b) that permits the information so recorded to be readily inspected or reproduced in usable form; and

• (c) that permits the information to be accessed by electronic means, including (without limitation) by means of remote logon access.

The list of homekill and recreational catch service providers must contain the following particulars in relation to each homekill or recreational catch service provider:

• (a) the name and address (including the electronic address, if available) of the service provider:

• (b) the premises or place or area of operations of the service provider where killing and processing of homekill or recreational catch is carried out:

• (c) whether or not the service provider is a dual operator butcher:

• (d) the date on which the service provider was listed:

• (e) such other particulars as may be prescribed by or under this Act.

(1) A person (including a dual operator butcher) who wishes to provide the service of killing or processing the homekill or recreational catch of another person for reward may apply to the Director-General in a manner approved by the Director-General for listing as a homekill or recreational catch service provider.

(2) A person may not apply for listing under this section if the person also processes for sale or reward or otherwise trades in any regulated animal product for human or animal consumption at the premises or place where it is proposed to carry out homekill or recreational catch operations, other than in their capacity as a retail butcher.

(3) On receipt of a properly-made application accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any), the Director-General must list the applicant as a homekill or recreational catch service provider if satisfied that the person is not precluded from listing by subsection (2).

Where the Director-General determines to list an applicant as a homekill or recreational catch service provider, the Director-General must—

• (a) include the person on the list of homekill and recreational catch service providers, showing the date of listing; and

• (b) notify the person in writing accordingly.

(1) Every listed homekill or recreational catch service provider is liable to pay, either annually or at such greater intervals as may be prescribed, the prescribed fee (if any) in respect of their continued listing.

(2) The Director-General may remove a person from the list of homekill and recreational catch service providers if satisfied that any failure to pay the prescribed fee by the due date has persisted for more than 30 days.

(3) Before removing a person from the list, the Director-General must notify the person in writing of his or her intention, and give the person a reasonable opportunity, within the time specified in the written notice, to pay the unpaid fee.

(4) The removal of a person from the list under this section does not affect their right to make a further application for listing under section 75.

(1) The Director-General may from time to time appoint persons as animal product officers for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Persons appointed under subsection (1) must be employed under the State Sector Act 1988.

(3) An animal product officer may be authorised, on his or her appointment, to exercise all of the powers and functions conferred on animal product officers under this Act, or only those powers and functions specified in the officer's instrument of appointment or subsequent written notice from the Director-General to the officer.

(1) The Director-General may from time to time appoint official assessors for the purpose of carrying out such routine examinations of animal material and products as may be required for the purposes of this Act, and particularly for the purpose of enabling official assurances to be given under this Act. Persons appointed under this subsection must be employed under the State Sector Act 1988.

(2) The Minister may from time to time appoint as official assessors for the purposes of this Act persons employed in a State enterprise within the meaning of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 or within a Crown entity as defined in the Public Finance Act 1989, for the purpose of carrying out routine examinations of animal material and products for the purposes of this Act, and particularly for the purpose of enabling official assurances to be given under this Act.

(3) An official assessor may be authorised, on his or her appointment, to exercise all of the powers and functions conferred on official assessors under this Act, or only those powers and functions specified in the assessor's instrument of appointment or subsequent written notice from the Director-General to the assessor.

(4) No person is to be treated as employed in the State services for the purposes of the State Sector Act 1988, or in the Government service for the purposes of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, by reason only of the person's appointment under subsection (2).

(5) The Minister may at any time suspend or revoke an appointment made under this section.

The Director-General may from time to time issue notices as specified in section 167.

(1) The Director-General may, by notice in writing, give directions to any or all animal product officers, official assessors, recognised persons, or recognised agencies as to the exercise of their functions under this Act.

(2) The Director-General may, by notice in writing, give such directions to the following persons as may be appropriate and reasonable concerning the taking of preventative or corrective action in respect of animal material or product that the Director-General cannot be reasonably satisfied will meet the requirements of this Act in the absence of such action:

• (a) any operator or person in charge of a risk management programme:

• (b) any operator or person in charge of an animal product business subject to a regulated control scheme:

• (c) any operator or person in charge of an animal product business that supplies animal material or product to any other person:

• (d) any exporter:

• (e) any person in control of, or reasonably appearing to be in control of, any animal material or product.

(1) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, require the owner or person in control (or reasonably appearing to be in control) of any animal, animal material, or animal product to complete and supply, in accordance with the notice, a declaration under this section where—

• (a) there is to be a change of ownership in the animal, animal material, or animal product concerned; or

• (b) the animal, animal material, or animal product is to be moved to a new premises, property, or place.

(2) The notice may require the declaration to contain all or any of the following information:

• (a) matters relating to the management of the animal from date of birth (if appropriate):

• (b) matters relating to the history of the animal, animal material, or animal product, including, where appropriate,—

  • (i) identification or details of any owner or previous owner of the animal or animal material, or any person who presented or supplied the animal or animal material to the person required to make the declaration:

  • (ii) identification or details of the area or place where the animal was kept or was taken, harvested, or procured, and any surrounding area or place that the animal may have had access to:

• (c) matters relating to treatments or applications applied to the animal or to which the animal has been exposed by way of veterinary medicines or agricultural compounds:

• (d) information relating to the feeding of the animal:

• (e) information relating to the possible exposure of the animal or animal material or product to hazards:

• (f) information relating to any movement or related controls imposed in respect of the animal, animal material, or animal product:

• (g) the status of the animal, animal material, or animal product in relation to any testing performed:

• (h) the place the animal, animal material, or animal product is being moved from, the place it is being moved to, and any previous place it has been moved from:

• (i) matters relating to the transport or movement of the animal or animal material or animal product:

• (j) in the case of animal material taken by a hunter or client hunter or game estate operator, the place where the animal was killed or caught and the place the animal material is being sent to:

• (k) the existing and new owner of the animal, animal material, or animal product:

• (l) any other matter necessary or relevant to establishing the suitability of the animal or animal material for processing for human or animal consumption.

(3) The notice may require the declaration—

• (a) to accompany the animal, animal material, or animal product, or be provided to the recipient or new owner of the animal, animal material, or animal product by post, fax, email, or other appropriate means:

• (b) to be kept by all or any of the supplier, recipient, or new owner of the animal, animal material, or animal product for a period of up to 4 years.

(4) In considering whether to require declarations under this section, the Director-General must have regard to the following matters:

• (a) the need to protect the health of consumers and users of animal material and animal products:

• (b) the desirability of facilitating market access for animals, animal material, and animal products:

• (c) the desirability of maintaining consistency between New Zealand animal product standards and any relevant standards, requirements, or recommended practices that apply or are accepted internationally.

(1) The Director-General may, by notice to the owner, operator, or person in control (or reasonably appearing to be in control) of any animal, animal material, or animal product business concerned, impose or provide for the imposition of movement or related controls in accordance with this section if the Director-General has reasonable ground to suspect the existence of a hazard or source of contamination (a risk source) that may affect animals or animal material that may be processed for human or animal consumption.

(2) The notice must specify the particular risk source, whether by reference to—

• (a) a place or area (where, for instance, there may be contamination from the land or the environment); or

• (b) a particular person or animal product business, or an identified class of persons or animal product businesses (where, for instance, the contamination may be from human intervention or omission); or

• (c) an animal or any animal material, or any identified group of animals or class of animal material (where, for instance, the contamination may be transmissible); or

• (d) any other appropriate thing or circumstance.

(3) The movement or related controls—

• (a) may be imposed in relation to any animals, animal material, place or area, activity, animal product business, or associated thing that—

  • (i) is suspected to be the risk source; or

  • (ii) may be affected by the risk source:

• (b) must be of a nature directed at minimising the risk to humans or animals of detrimental effects.

(4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (3), the controls may—

• (a) restrict, apply conditions to, or prohibit the movement, trade in, or presentation for processing of any animal or animal material, or any class of animal or animal material, that is suspected of being contaminated:

• (b) contain directions that specified actions in relation to the risk source, or the animals or animal material that may be affected by it, are to be taken to minimise the risk of harm to humans and animals, including—

  • (i) isolation of the animals, animal material, or place concerned:

  • (ii) the confining, detention, storage, or treatment of animals, animal material, or things that have been in contact with or exposed to the risk source or contaminated animals or animal material:

  • (iii) forms of intervention in the possible trade in contaminated animals or animal material, or animals or animal material or products exposed to the risk source or to animals or animal material suspected of being contaminated:

  • (iv) sampling, testing, or analysis to be undertaken by the owner or person in charge of the property, place, animals, animal material, or animal product business, or by any other person, to the extent reasonable and necessary or desirable to determine the contamination status of the relevant property, place, animals, material, or business.

(5) A notice under this section may—

• (a) direct the keeping of records or documentation in respect of any matters the subject of the notice:

• (b) include a requirement for the recipient of the notice to notify the Director-General when all or any of the risk source is disposed of.

(6) The notice continues in force until revoked, or until such earlier time as is specified in the notice.

(7) A notice may at any time be amended or revoked in the same manner as that in which it was issued.

(8) Section 164(2) to (4) applies to the issue of notices under this section as if—

• (a) they were notices of a kind listed in section 167; and

• (b) section 164(3) applied in cases where it was not possible, reasonable, or practical to notify a matter in accordance with section 164(2).

(9) For the purposes of this section,—

• (a) the Director-General may approve systems for particular notices to be issued automatically on the occurring of a particular event or set of circumstances that indicates the likelihood of a particular risk source arising and the need for measures that will minimise the risk; and

• (b) any notices so issued are deemed to be issued by the Director-General under this section.

(1) This section applies in relation to a situation where the Director-General—

• (a) suspends operations under a registered risk management programme in accordance with section 27; or

• (b) deregisters a risk management programme in accordance with section 28; or

• (c) accepts a surrender of registration under section 29, in circumstances where no agreement has been reached on how it is proposed to deal with any remaining animal material or product covered by the risk management programme; or

• (d) suspends export operations of an exporter in accordance with section 58; or

• (e) suspends an operation subject to a regulated control scheme, or deregisters or accepts deregistration of an operator or operation that is subject to a regulated control scheme, as is provided for in the relevant regulations.

(2) In a situation to which this section applies, the Director-General may, whether immediately before, at the same time as, or after taking the relevant action referred to in subsection (1),—

• (a) give directions to the relevant operator, person in charge (or person who reasonably appears to be in charge), owner of the product or material concerned, or exporter, or any of them, on the handling, storage, further processing, transport, identification, classification, reclassification, verification, condemnation, destruction, or disposal of the animal material or product affected by the deregistration, surrender, or suspension; and

• (b) where any such directions are not complied with, undertake the appropriate directed activities himself or herself (through animal product officers or other Ministry officers or employees) in relation to the affected animal material or product.

(3) The Director-General may recover all actual and reasonable costs of any activities undertaken under subsection (2)(b) from the person to whom the direction in question was given under subsection (2)(a) and who failed to comply with the direction.

(1) The Director-General may give statements in writing as to New Zealand animal product standard, upon request and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), for any particular consignment or animal product or class of consignments or animal products, if the Director-General is satisfied that the animal product or consignment concerned has been processed in accordance with any applicable requirements of this Act to the relevant animal product standard.

(2) A statement as to New Zealand standard is not a guarantee that the contents of all or any particular consignment of animal products to which it relates—

• (a) necessarily meet the commercial requirements of the consumer; or

• (b) are fit for consumption or use no matter what the status or description of the consumer or user, or what has happened to the consignment or what has been its treatment in transit in New Zealand or since it left New Zealand; or

• (c) are fit for consumption or use for a purpose other than that for which they were intended.

(3) The Director-General may determine the form and content of a statement as to New Zealand animal product standard.

(4) A statement as to New Zealand animal product standard may be withdrawn at any time by the Director-General if the Director-General is satisfied that—

• (a) the statement was incorrectly or inappropriately given; or

• (b) events or circumstances occurring since the statement was given mean that it no longer holds true, or is misleading.

(1) The Director-General may from time to time, for the purpose of protecting the public, publish under this section statements relating to any animal material or animal product, or to any matter contained or implied in advertisements, either generally or in any particular advertisement or class or classes of advertisements, relating to any animal material or animal product.

(2) Every statement published under this section is protected by qualified privilege.

(1) The Director-General may, for the purpose of examining, reclassifying, rectifying, or disposing of any animal product that is not fit for intended purpose or whose fitness is in doubt, or that is mislabelled or incorrectly identified, issue a notice in writing directing the recall of that product and requiring the product to be taken to a place specified in the notice, or a place agreed to between the Director-General and the recipient of the notice.

(2) The Director-General may, for the purpose of examining, controlling, or disposing of any material that he or she has reason to believe is being or has been misrepresented as being animal product, or as being suitable for inclusion in or processing into animal product when it is not, issue a notice in writing directing the recall of animal material and requiring it to be taken to a place specified in the notice, or a place agreed to between the Director-General and the recipient of the notice.

(3) A notice under this section (a recall notice) may also specify any requirements that may be imposed under section 90 or section 91.

(4) A recall notice may be directed to any 1 or more persons who own or have control over the animal material or product in question.

(5) On receipt of a recall notice, the person on whom it is served must as soon as practicable—

• (a) advise the Director-General of the details of the manner in which the notice is to be complied with; and

• (b) give written notice to the Director-General when the recall, and any specified requirement associated with the recall, has been completed.

(6) If a person who owns or has control of animal material or product fails or refuses to comply with a recall notice,—

• (a) the Director-General may take such reasonable steps as are necessary to ensure control of the material or product (including entry by animal product officers into premises under a warrant); and

• (b) the Director-General may recover the costs and expenses reasonably incurred in assuming control of the material or product as a debt due from that person.

(7) Nothing in this section affects the power of the Director-General to issue a statement of a kind referred to in section 84.

The Director-General may delegate under section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988 all or any of his or her functions, powers, or duties under this Act, except the power to issue statements under section 84.

(1) An animal product officer may at any reasonable time, for the purpose of determining whether or not any person is complying with this Act or any animal material or animal product or associated thing is in compliance with the requirements of this Act, without a warrant enter any place (other than a dwellinghouse or marae) at, in, or from which—

• (a) any primary producer operates, or any animal product business that is subject to a risk management programme or a regulated control scheme or a food safety programme that is also registered as a risk management programme is operated; or

• (b) any kind of goods that is or includes animal material or product is processed for sale or sold; or

• (c) any registered exporter operates; or

• (d) any listed homekill or recreational catch service provider operates; or

• (e) any recognised agency or recognised person operates; or

• (f) the books or records, or other business information kept in writing or electronic form, of any such producer, business, service provider, recognised agency, recognised person, or exporter are kept.

(2) Where an animal product officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of preventing or minimising a risk to human health, the officer may, at any reasonable time, enter any place (other than a dwellinghouse or marae) adjoining or in the vicinity of a place where shellfish grow or are harvested for the purpose of identifying, monitoring, sampling, or testing any element or thing that might constitute a potential contaminant to or in the shellfish.

(3) An officer who enters any place under subsection (2) must—

• (a) give the owner or occupier reasonable notice of the officer's intention to enter the place, unless to do so would defeat the purpose of the entry; and

• (b) if such notice is not or cannot be given, leave in a prominent location at the place a written statement of—

  • (i) the time and date of the entry; and

  • (ii) the purpose of the entry; and

  • (iii) the name of the officer; and

  • (iv) the address of the office to which enquiries should be made.

(4) An animal product officer may, pursuant to and in accordance with the conditions of a search warrant issued under section 94, enter any place (including a dwellinghouse or a marae) specified in the warrant, at any time that is reasonable in the circumstances.

(5) An officer who exercises any power under this section must produce his or her evidence of appointment—

• (a) on first entering the place; and

• (b) whenever subsequently reasonably required to do so by a person appearing to have charge of the place or any part of the place.

(6) A person called on to assist an animal product officer under section 88(3) may accompany the officer into any premises or place that the officer enters under this section.

(1) An animal product officer may, so far as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of determining compliance with this Act at any place that the officer may enter under section 87(1),—

• (a) examine all things, and open containers, packages, and other things to inspect their contents:

• (b) examine, inquire about, and copy any documents or other records (including records held in electronic or other form) relating to the obligations and duties under this Act, and for this purpose may—

  • (i) remove documents or records to another place for the purpose of copying them, or require the person having control of the documents or other records to forward them or a copy of them to the officer by way of post, courier post, fax, or other means acceptable to the officer; and

  • (ii) require a person who has control of or knowledge of the documents or records to reproduce or assist in reproducing in usable form information recorded or stored in a computer or other device or system:

• (c) use or require the use of any reasonable means to identify the kind or description of any animal material, animal product, equipment, package, container, or other relevant thing:

• (d) identify or mark any animal material, animal product, equipment, package, container, or other relevant thing:

• (e) take samples of any animal material (or take whole animals, in appropriate cases) or animal product, or any other input, substance, or thing which has been, is, or may be in contact with or in the vicinity of any animal material or animal product, and test or analyse or arrange for the testing or analysis of such samples:

• (f) direct the operator or person in charge of the place to identify and hold any animal material, animal product, substance, equipment, package, container, or other relevant thing until—

  • (i) the results of tests and analysis have been assessed; or

  • (ii) any lawful direction of an animal product officer has been complied with.

(2) An animal product officer must return any documents or records removed under subsection (1)(b)(i) within such time as is reasonable to allow for their copying.

(3) An animal product officer may call on any person to assist him or her in the exercise of his or her powers under this section. Any such person may act only under the supervision and in accordance with the instructions of the animal product officer.

For the purposes of determining or ensuring the compliance of animal material or animal products with the requirements of this Act, an animal product officer may—

• (a) interrupt any operations involved in the production or processing or export of any animal material or product:

• (b) restrict or prohibit the use of any process, animal material or product, substance, equipment, or other relevant thing:

• (c) direct the operator or the person in charge of the relevant operations to do any reasonable thing, at the cost of the operator.

(1) An animal product officer may condemn, and require the owner or person in control to destroy, dispose of, or otherwise rectify,—

• (a) any animal product which in the opinion of the officer, reasonably formed in the light of any relevant standards and specifications for the time being in force, is not fit for intended purpose:

• (b) any animal material, or other input, substance, or thing which in the reasonable opinion of the officer has contributed to, or may have contributed to, any animal product not being fit for intended purpose:

• (c) any animal material or animal product which in the opinion of the officer, reasonably formed in the light of any relevant standards and specifications for the time being in force, is contaminated or diseased or otherwise not in compliance with this Act.

(2) An animal product officer may seize and detain, and if necessary dispose of or arrange for the disposal of or otherwise rectify,—

• (a) any product, material, input, substance, or thing of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (c):

• (b) any animal material or animal product which appears to the officer, after making such enquiries as are reasonable in the circumstances, to have been abandoned or to have no apparent or readily identifiable owner.

(2A) An animal product officer may require the reclassification of any animal product of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a), if satisfied that the product meets the requirements of the reclassification, and may require the owner or person in control of the product to either—

• (a) take all appropriate steps to give effect to the reclassification; or

• (b) destroy or otherwise dispose of or rectify the product to the satisfaction of the officer, if the owner or person does not take those appropriate steps.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), where—

• (a) a random sample of any animal material or product has been taken and tested or examined; and

• (b) an animal product officer has formed the opinion that, for any reason, the particular animal material or product sampled is not fit for intended purpose, or is contaminated, diseased, or otherwise not in compliance with this Act; and

• (c) the officer has also formed the opinion that any other animal material or product is likely to be unfit for intended purpose or is contaminated, diseased, or otherwise not in compliance with this Act, for a similar reason, by reason of—

  • (i) having probably come from the same place as the animal material or product sampled; or

  • (ii) having probably been raised, treated, exposed, transported, killed, dressed, processed, stored, or otherwise dealt with in the same way as the animal material or product sampled,—

the officer is entitled, without sampling and testing or examining the other animal material or product, to form that opinion in respect of that other animal material or product.

(4) Where a sample of animal material or product is found to be contaminated, diseased, or otherwise not in compliance with this Act then, in the absence of proof to the contrary, it is to be presumed that the live animal concerned was similarly contaminated or diseased or otherwise not in compliance with this Act.

(5) Any destruction, disposal, or rectification required under subsection (1) is at the cost of the owner or person in control, and any expenses reasonably incurred by an officer in the exercise of his or her powers under subsection (2) or subsection (2A) may be recovered from that owner or person.

(1) An animal product officer may for the purposes of this Act—

• (a) by written notice require the owner or person in control of live animals to present those animals in a manner suitable for examination, testing, sampling, and identification:

• (b) direct the owner or person in control of the animals to hold, isolate, separate, or treat any or all of the animals.

(2) If the owner or person in control fails to present the animals as required by a written notice under subsection (1)(a), the officer may capture, collect, muster, extract, harvest, or pen the animals for the relevant purpose.

(3) The presentation of any animal required by a written notice under subsection (1)(a) is at the cost of the person to whom the notice was addressed, and any expenses reasonably incurred by the officer in the exercise of his or her powers under subsection (2) may be recovered from that person.

An animal product officer in whose name a search warrant is issued under section 94 has all the powers specified in section 95.

(1) An official assessor may, for the purpose of determining whether or not any animal material or product, or any animal product business operation, complies with the requirements of this Act, exercise any of the following powers:

• (a) the power to take, test, and examine any animal material or animal product or associated thing:

• (b) the powers of an animal product officer under section 89 (power to interrupt or restrict or prohibit operations, and associated power of direction):

• (c) the powers of an animal product officer under section 90(1) and (3) (power to condemn animal material or product and require or carry out its destruction, disposal, or rectification).

(2) Any destruction, disposal, or rectification required by the exercise of the powers described in section 90(1) is at the cost of the owner or person in control of the relevant animal material or product or thing.

(3) Every official assessor must, in the performance of his or her powers and functions,—

• (a) use his or her best endeavours to comply with and give effect to any relevant performance standards or other requirements issued by the Director-General by notice under section 167; and

• (b) comply with any lawful direction given by the Director-General under section 81.

(1) Any District Court Judge, Community Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or Registrar may issue a search warrant in the form set out in the Schedule in respect of any place (including any dwellinghouse or marae or other place that an animal product officer has no power to enter under section 87) if satisfied, on application in writing made on oath, that there are reasonable grounds for believing that there is at that place any thing—

• (a) in respect of which an offence under this Act has been or is being committed; or

• (b) that has been, is being, or is intended to be used by any person for the commission of an offence under this Act; or

• (c) that is or may be evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act by any person; or

• (d) that might constitute a contaminant to or in any shellfish grown or harvested adjacent to or in the vicinity of the place, being a contaminant that may pose a risk to human health.

(2) The Judge, Community Magistrate, Justice, or Registrar may impose such reasonable conditions on the exercise of the warrant as he or she thinks fit.

(3) A search warrant must be directed to a constable by name, or to every constable, or to an animal product officer by name, but, in any of these cases, the warrant may be executed by any constable.

(1) Subject to any conditions imposed on the warrant, a search warrant authorises the constable or animal product officer who is executing it, and any person called on by that constable or officer to assist,—

• (a) to enter the place, dwellinghouse, or marae on 1 occasion within 14 days after the date of the issue of the warrant at any time that is reasonable in the circumstances; and

• (b) to use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances, both for making entry and for breaking open anything on the premises; and

• (c) to search for and seize—

  • (i) any animal material, animal product, substance, equipment, or other thing that the constable or officer has reasonable grounds to suspect has been used or is to be used in or evidences the commission of an offence under this Act, or that might constitute a contaminant to or in any shellfish grown or harvested adjacent to or in the vicinity of the place, dwellinghouse, or marae:

  • (ii) any documents or records (including documents and records in electronic or other form) that the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect may provide evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act; and

• (d) to take any photographs, and make any drawings or other representations of any animal material, product, structure, substance, equipment, container, packaging, label, or other thing, if the constable or officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that object or thing in question is in breach of any requirement of this Act, or might constitute a contaminant to or in any shellfish grown or harvested nearby; and

• (e) to exercise all of the powers of an animal product officer under sections 88 to 91, or only such of those powers as are specified in the warrant.

(2) A constable or an animal product officer may call on any person to assist him or her in the execution of a search warrant. Any such person may act only under the supervision and in accordance with the instructions of the constable or animal product officer.

(1) Any constable or animal product officer who executes a search warrant must carry the warrant with him or her, and produce it for inspection, along with evidence of his or her identity,—

• (a) on first entering the place specified in the warrant, to the person appearing to be in charge of the place; and

• (b) whenever subsequently required to do so, at the place specified in the warrant, by any other person appearing to be in charge of the place or any part of the place.

(2) If the occupier of the place is not present at the time the search warrant is executed, the constable or officer must leave in a prominent location at the place a written statement of the time and date of the search, the name of the constable or officer, and the address of the Police station or other office to which enquiries should be made.

(3) If anything is seized in the execution of a search warrant, the constable or officer executing the search warrant must leave in a prominent location at the place, or deliver or send by registered mail to the occupier within 10 working days after the search, a written inventory of all things seized.

(4) A constable or officer who is exercising a power of entry in relation to a marae or a building associated with a marae must have regard to the kawa of the marae so far as is practicable in the circumstances.

Section 199 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 applies to any property seized by a constable under a search warrant and, with any necessary modifications, to property seized under a search warrant by an animal product officer, subject to the following provisions:

• (a) where a constable seized the item in question, it may be retained by the Commissioner of Police pending the trial of the person for the offence in respect of which the item was seized:

• (b) where an animal product officer seized the item in question, it may be retained by the Director-General pending the trial of the person for the offence in respect of which the item was seized:

• (c) the item in question must be returned to the person from whom it was seized—

  • (i) if no proceedings are taken in respect of an offence to which the item relates within 2 years after its seizure; or

  • (ii) if proceedings are completed in respect of such an offence and no order of forfeiture is made in respect of the item:

• (d) if any person is convicted of an offence to which the item relates, the court may if it thinks fit order that the item be forfeited to the Crown or disposed of as the court directs at the expense of the convicted person, and may order that the person pay any reasonable costs incurred by the Commissioner of Police or the Director-General in retaining the item.

No animal product officer, official assessor, recognised person employed under the State Sector Act 1988, or any person called on to assist an officer, official assessor, or recognised person who does any act or omits to do any act in pursuance of any of the functions or powers conferred on that officer, assessor, or person by or under this Act is under any civil or criminal liability in respect of that act or omission, unless the officer, assessor, or person has acted, or omitted to act, in bad faith or without reasonable cause.

(1) The general object of this Part is to provide for the Director-General to—

• (a) recognise agencies that manage and supply recognised persons to perform specialist functions and activities for the purposes of this Act, including verification functions and activities; and

• (b) recognise individuals to carry out such specialist functions and activities, including verification functions and activities.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Part prevents a suitably qualified individual from applying to be both recognised as an agency and recognised as a person under this Part.

(1) The Director-General may, on the application of any person or body, recognise that person or body as an agency that may be responsible for the verification functions and activities or other specialist functions and activities for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Before granting recognition, the Director-General must be satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to manage and supply the particular functions and activities concerned, having regard to—

• (a) the competencies and resources of the applicant to reliably meet and maintain the specified functions and activities for which the applicant is to be recognised under this section; and

• (b) the character or reputation of the applicant, including where appropriate the character or reputation of the directors of the applicant or those responsible for its management or control; and

• (c) the ability of the applicant to maintain an appropriate degree of impartiality and independence in relation to the relevant functions and activities; and

• (d) the requirements of any regulations and specifications made under this Act.

(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the functions and activities for which an agency may be recognised include—

• (a) verification functions and activities in relation to risk management programmes:

• (b) other verification functions and activities in relation to regulated control schemes and export requirements:

• (c) the provision of independent evaluations of the validity of risk management programmes for the purposes of section 20(2)(b):

• (d) functions and activities in relation to the testing, sampling, and chemical or biological or other analysis of animal material or products:

• (e) any other function or activity involving particular competencies that may be required for the purposes of this Act.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, the Ministry, or any group of persons within the Ministry designated by the Director-General for the purpose, may be treated, without application being made, as a recognised agency, and this section and sections 103 to 112 apply accordingly with any necessary modifications.

(1) The Director-General may, on the application of any person who is an individual, recognise that person as suitable to carry out verification functions and activities or other specialist functions and activities for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Before granting recognition, the Director-General must be satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to carry out the particular functions and activities concerned, having regard to—

• (a) the relevant competencies possessed by the person; and

• (b) the person's character or reputation; and

• (c) the person's ability to maintain an appropriate degree of impartiality and independence in carrying out the functions and activities for which he or she has applied to be recognised; and

• (d) the requirements of any regulations and specifications made under this Act.

(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the functions and activities for which a person may be recognised include—

• (a) verification functions and activities in relation to risk management programmes:

• (b) other verification functions and activities in relation to regulated control schemes and export requirements:

• (c) the independent evaluation of the validity of risk management programmes for the purposes of section 20(2)(b):

• (d) functions and activities in relation to the testing, sampling, and chemical or biological or other analysis of animal material or products:

• (e) any other function or activity involving particular competencies that may be required for the purposes of this Act.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, the Director-General may, without application being made, grant recognition to any officer or employee of the Ministry to carry out functions and activities specified by the Director-General for which the person is qualified under subsection (2), and this section and sections 103 to 112 apply accordingly with any necessary modifications.

(1) Every application for recognition under section 100 or section 101 must—

• (a) be made in writing to the Director-General; and

• (b) be in the appropriate form and manner provided or approved by the Director-General for that purpose; and

• (c) be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

(2) For the purpose of assessing the matters specified in section 100(2) or section 101(2), the Director-General may require an applicant to supply information additional to that contained in the application.

(3) If the applicant fails to supply the information within 3 months after the request, or within such further time as the Director-General may allow, the application lapses.

(4) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, issue specifications setting out requirements and procedures for the recognition of agencies and persons.

(1) Where the Director-General determines to grant an application for recognition as an agency or a person for the purposes of any functions and activities under this Act, the Director-General must supply to the successful applicant a notice of recognition that specifies—

• (a) the functions and activities the successful applicant may undertake; and

• (b) any conditions applying under section 105; and

• (c) the duration of the recognition.

(2) The Director-General may specify in any terms of recognition that the recognition is to have effect indefinitely or for a stated period or until a stated date.

(3) Every grant of recognition—

• (a) comes into force on the date specified in the notice of recognition; and

• (b) continues in force until—

  • (i) it is withdrawn under section 109; or

  • (ii) it is surrendered under section 110; or

  • (iii) in the case of recognition granted for a stated period or until a stated date, the expiry of that period or the passing of that date.

(1) If the Director-General proposes to refuse to grant recognition for the functions and activities applied for, the Director-General must give the applicant—

• (a) a notice containing such particulars as will clearly inform the applicant of the substance of the grounds on which the Director-General proposes to refuse to recognise the applicant; and

• (b) a copy (or adequate summary) of any information on which the Director-General relies in proposing to refuse to grant recognition; and

• (c) a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions or be heard in respect of the matter.

(2) Where the Director-General finally determines to refuse to grant recognition, the Director-General must as soon as practicable notify that fact to the applicant in writing, giving reasons.

(3) If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General refuses to grant recognition, the applicant may seek a review of that decision under section 162.

(1) A recognition under section 103 may be subject to such conditions as the Director-General thinks fit and specifies in the notice of recognition.

(2) It is to be a condition of every recognition of an agency that, with the exception of administrative functions and related support matters, any verification activities of the agency that are specified in the terms of the recognition are to be carried out only by individuals who have themselves been recognised.

(3) Conditions imposed under subsection (1) may include requirements as to the provision of such returns, records, and other information as the Director-General may reasonably require from time to time to ensure that the recognised agency or person is properly carrying out the functions and activities for which they were recognised.

(4) The Director-General may at any time, by written notice to a recognised agency or person, revoke, amend, or add to any conditions imposed under subsection (1).

(5) Except where any variation to the conditions of recognition is made on the application of the recognised agency or person and in accordance with the terms of that application, the Director-General may not vary any condition of recognition imposed under this section without (to the extent practicable in the circumstances of the variation proposed) first giving the affected agency or person a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions to or be heard by the Director-General in relation to the matter.

In undertaking the specified functions and activities for which it is recognised, a recognised agency has the following duties:

• (a) it must ensure that all recognised persons employed or engaged or used by it are not placed in positions or situations that compromise their impartiality and independence in relation to the performance of their functions and duties under this Act:

• (b) it must ensure that it is adequately resourced and that systems are maintained to ensure that its functions and activities under this Act are carried out properly.

In carrying out the specified functions and activities for which he or she is recognised, a recognised person has the following duties:

• (a) to undertake only those functions and activities as a recognised person under this Act that are conferred on them by the Director-General:

• (b) to comply with the relevant requirements of any regulations or specifications in force from time to time under this Act, and any directions given by the Director-General under section 81:

• (c) to maintain an appropriate degree of impartiality and independence in carrying out their functions and activities in accordance with the recognition conferred by the Director-General:

• (d) to maintain appropriate confidentiality (particularly in relation to commercially sensitive matters) relating to operations and activities they come into contact with in the course of carrying out their functions and activities under this Act (except to the extent required to report under paragraph (e) or otherwise for the purposes of this Act), including matters relating to design, technology, systems, and practices:

• (e) to report to an appropriate Ministry official, in accordance with the requirements imposed by or under this Act,—

  • (i) any failure to comply with, or any inadequacy in, a risk management programme:

  • (ii) any failure to comply with a regulated control scheme:

  • (iii) any other matter which is required by or under this Act to be reported on by recognised persons of the relevant type:

• (f) in the case of a recognised risk management programme verifier, to be under the management of a recognised risk management programme verifying agency.

(1) Every recognised agency and every recognised person is liable to pay, either annually or at such greater interval as may be prescribed, such recognition fee as may be prescribed (if any) in respect of their continued recognition.

(2) Different fees may be prescribed in respect of—

• (a) different classes of recognition; and

• (b) different classes of agency or person who are recognised.

(3) Any failure to pay the appropriate fee by the due date that persists for more than 30 days may result in withdrawal of recognition under section 109.