3 JULY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Departmental Notices

Agriculture

Animals Protection Act 1960

Approval of Code of Ethical Conduct Notice No. 1058 (300-A1-07)

Pursuant to section 19A (6) of the Animals Protection Act 1960, I hereby give notice that on the advice of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee, I have approved, on the date of this notice, the code of ethical conduct submitted to me by Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited, which is the same as the approved code of ethical conduct of New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June 1997.

A. L. SMITH, Minister of Agriculture.

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Biosecurity Act 1993

Biosecurity (Proposed National Pest Management Strategy for American Foulbrood) Notice No. 1059

Pursuant to section 62 (1) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, I give public notice of a proposed national pest management strategy for American foulbrood (Bacillus larvae), a disease of honey bees.

Purpose and Extent

The purpose of the proposed strategy is to eliminate American foulbrood disease in beehives in New Zealand in order to:

a minimise production losses associated with American foulbrood in honey bees;

b minimise the potential for American foulbrood disease to affect export returns for honey, bee products and live bees; and

c minimise the potential for decreases in profitability for beekeeping enterprises, and for horticultural enterprises growing crops which require paid pollination services from honey bees.

The proposed strategy would principally involve measures to eliminate the spread of the disease among honey bees and beehives. It would place duties on all beekeepers, including apiary registration, apiary identification, beehive inspection for clinical symptoms of American foulbrood disease, the reporting and destruction of beehives found to have clinical cases of the disease, and the supplying of an annual statutory declaration of apiary ownership and occurrences of the disease. These measures would be implemented throughout New Zealand.

Where the Proposed Strategy May be Obtained or Inspected

A complete description of the proposed strategy may be obtained from the following organisation:

National Beekeepers’ Association of New Zealand
Inc
PO Box 3079
NAPIER
Telephone: (06) 843 3446. Facsimile: (06) 843 4845

or a copy may be inspected at the following premises:

National Beekeepers’ Association of New Zealand
Inc
40 Niven Street
NAPIER

or

Ministry of Agriculture
Level Four, ASB Bank House
101–103 The Terrace
WELLINGTON

or a copy may be inspected on the internet at:

http://www.wave.co.nz/pages/nickw

Address for Notices of Opposition

Any person who is likely to be affected by the implementation of the proposed strategy, and who is opposed to the proposed strategy, may notify their opposition by sending a letter to:

Associate Minister of Agriculture
Parliament Buildings
WELLINGTON.

The letter should include a brief explanation of the reasons for opposition and should be sent in time to reach the above address by Thursday 14 August 1997.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of June 1997.

JOHN LUXTON, Associate Minister of Agriculture.

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Commerce

Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988

Revocation of Notice Imposing Anti-dumping Duty in Respect of Lead Acid Batteries From the Philippines

In accordance with section 14 (9) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 (‘‘the Act’’), the Secretary of Commerce gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title—(1) This notice may be cited as the Revocation of Notice Imposing Anti-dumping Duty in Respect of Lead Acid Batteries From the Philippines.

2. Revocation of notice imposing duty—The notice given by the Minister of Commerce entitled ‘‘Final Determination and Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty: Lead Acid Batteries From the Philippines’’ dated 29 June 1992 and published in the New Zealand Gazette of 2 July 1992 (‘‘the principal notice’’) is hereby revoked.

3. Reason for revocation—The reason for the revocation of the principal notice is that anti-dumping duty applying to any goods ceased to be payable on those goods from the 29th day of June 1997, which is the date that is 5 years after the date of the final determination made under section 13 of the Act, in relation to lead acid batteries from the Philippines.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of June 1997.

A. H. MCPHAIL, Manager, Trade Remedies Group.

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