16 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1971

and extraneous alkali insoluble impurities, mineral matter, wool waxes, suint and moisture.

The Board has considered various requests from the National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests Incorporated and the New Zealand Council of Wool Exporters Incorporated to have put in place a system of compulsory registration of New Zealand wool testing laboratories which provide certified results/test certificates used in the sale transactions of parcels of raw wool.

Accordingly the Board hereby DIRECTS that from 1 July 1994, no certified results/test certificates shall be supplied or displayed in connection with the offering of raw wool for sale in New Zealand or for export overseas unless the following criteria are met:

(1) That every certified result/test certificate be issued on the basis of a test authorised by the Board and carried out according to a standard test method published by the International Wool Textile Organisation, the Standards Association of New Zealand, the American Society of Testing and Materials, or any other national or international body that may be recognised by the Board.

(2) That any such certified results/test certificates be issued by an authorised wool testing laboratory that is both registered for the test(s) conducted with the Testing Laboratory Registration Council of New Zealand (TELARC) under their registered laboratory programme or by a body recognised as equivalent by TELARC and approved by the New Zealand Wool Board and authorised for the test(s) by the New Zealand Wool Board. (Notification by the New Zealand Wool Board that a laboratory is authorised for specific tests will only be given once registration is granted for those tests.)

(3) Where certified results/test certificates are supplied or displayed in connection with the offering of wool for sale in New Zealand or for export overseas only the Board authorised Tests and associated Sampling Procedures, Test Methods and Format of Certificates as detailed in the attached addendum will apply.

Supplementary Points

(a) This Direction does not preclude the issuing of certified results/test certificates for components of authorised test methods, standard mathematical adjustments of results or mathematical combinations of results using standard mathematical procedures. Any such procedures used must have TELARC approval.

(b) This Direction does not preclude the issuing of certificates which are a summary of authorised test results.

(c) This Direction does not preclude issuing of certified results/test certificates where a particular component of a certified test (or tests) has been done at one laboratory and another component of the test (or tests) contracted to another laboratory, provided both the participating laboratories are registered for their respective roles with TELARC or a body considered by TELARC as equivalent and approved by New Zealand Wool Board. In addition, the issued certificate must clearly show the laboratories involved and what authorised tests each has conducted.

(d) The standard terminology given in the format for IWTO certificates should be used whenever possible. This Direction does not, however, preclude the issuing of post sale certificates with wording at variance to the authorised format, provided the variation is only done to accommodate differences resulting from the language translation of standard documents.

(e) The procedure for the addition of new test methods to the list of the New Zealand Wool Board authorised Tests shall be:

(i) A test method is developed and/or identified as being appropriate and compatible with the New Zealand wool marketing objective measurement activity.

(ii) The test method is published by a body recognised by the New Zealand Wool Board.

(iii) Copies of the standard test method document are made available to the New Zealand Wool Board, National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests Incorporated, TELARC and other interested parties.

(iv) The New Zealand Wool Board and the National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests Incorporated discuss the test method and – if the test method be considered appropriate and compatible with New Zealand Wool – a time frame for its introduction and authorisation be established.

(v) The New Zealand Wool Board prepares an updated addendum to this New Zealand Gazette notice thereby giving authorisation to the new test method from an agreed date.

(vi) Interested wool testing laboratories apply to TELARC for registration for the particular test.

(vii) From the date of introduction and following the granting of TELARC registration and Wool Board authorisation certified results/test certificates can be issued by the authorised wool testing laboratory for the new authorised test method.

(viii) Publicity (nationally and/or internationally) for the new authorised test method is provided by the New Zealand Wool Board, National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests Incorporated and other appropriate wool industry sector groups.

(f) The results of test methods not authorised by the New Zealand Wool Board can only be issued in the form of test reports.

(g) The issuing of any certified results/test certificates that are not in accordance with this Direction will constitute an offence against the Wool Industry Act 1977.

(h) An appeal procedure will be provided to consider points of concern or dispute that may arise between the parties concerned during the assessment, reassessment or registration process. Any such appeal will be presented to the Laboratory Registration Advisory Committee who will make a recommendation to the National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests Incorporated and TELARC, who in turn may make recommendations to the New Zealand Wool Board to authorise a change in registration requirements, covered in this Direction.

(i) With effect from 1 July 1994, the following Directions are hereby consequentially revoked:

(1) Direction on Wool Test Certification dated 29 March 1990 and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 April 1990.

(2) Direction on Wool Test Certification, Amendment No. 1, dated 3 August 1993 and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 August 1993.

Dated this the 25th day of May 1994.

A. KANE, Director, New Zealand Wool Board.

Addendum Number One to the Direction on Wool Test Certification Dated 25 May 1994

Where certified results/test certificates are supplied or displayed in connection with the offering of wool for sale in New Zealand or for export overseas the Board authorises