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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 37

General

Australia New Zealand Food Authority

Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991

Food Standards

The Australia New Zealand Food Authority advises progress on the following matters relating to the Food Standards Code. You can get further information papers on each of these matters from the ANZFA web site www.anzfa.gov.au or from:

The Information Officer
Australia New Zealand Food Authority
P.O. Box 10559
WELLINGTON
Telephone: (04) 473 9942
Facsimile: (04) 473 9855
Email: nz.reception@anzfa.gov.au

Call For Submissions

You are invited to present written submissions to the authority on the following matters, including the potential regulatory impact on consumers, industry and government, by 5 May 1999. The information papers on these matters provide further information, including advice on the authority’s policy regarding submissions:

Maximum Residue Limits (A370) An application received on 11 February 1999 from the National Registration Authority to amend Australian Maximum Residue Limits for a number of agricultural chemicals as currently prescribed in the Food Standards Code. The authority has made a preliminary assessment, accepted the application for further consideration, and will now make a full assessment of it.

Food sold in New Zealand which is either domestically produced or imported (other than from Australia) must comply with the MRL provisions in the New Zealand Food Regulations 1984. Food imported from Australia must comply with either the New Zealand MRLs or the Australian MRLs.

Review of Provisions for Gluten Free and Low Gluten Food (P176) The authority will conduct an inquiry into the draft standards prepared at full assessment of this proposal which reviews current Australian and New Zealand regulations in order to develop a joint Australia/New Zealand standard for gluten free and low gluten food.

Matters Before Council

The authority has completed inquiries into the draft standards prepared at full assessment of the following proposals and has made recommendations to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council that the standards be adopted into the Food Standards Code:

• Review of Provisions for Pictorial Representations about Food (P155)
• Review of Provisions for the Naming of Food (P156)

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New Zealand Fishing Industry Board

Fishing Industry Board Act 1963

Fish Levy Notice 1999

Pursuant to section 14 of the Fishing Industry Board Act 1963, the New Zealand Fishing Industry Board gives the following notice.

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fish Levy Notice 1999.
(2) This notice shall come into force on 1 April 1999.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

‘‘The Act’’ means the Fishing Industry Act 1963:

‘‘Adjacent waters’’ means waters of the sea adjacent to New Zealand fisheries waters:

‘‘Board’’ means the New Zealand Fishing Industry Board:

‘‘Greenweight’’ means, in relation to fish, the weight of the fish before any processing commences and before any part is removed; and, in relation to processed fish, means the weight of the fish, in the state in which it has been processed, translated to the greenweight using the applicable conversion factor for the time being set or specified under section 188 of the Fisheries Act 1996:

‘‘Meatweight’’ means, in relation to scallops, the weight of the scallops remaining when the shell, skirt, and gut have been removed and discarded:

‘‘The regulations’’ means the Fish Levy Regulations 1976.

(2) Subject to subclause (3), every reference in this notice to the weight of fish shall be construed as a reference to the greenweight of the fish.

(3) Every reference in this notice to the weight of scallops shall be construed as a reference to the meatweight of the scallops.

(4) Expressions not defined in this notice but defined in the Act or the regulations have, in this notice, the meanings so defined.

3. General levies on fish—(1) There shall be payable to the board, by every wholesaler, in respect of all fish purchased by the wholesaler (otherwise than from another wholesaler) an amount equal to the sum of—

(a) The amount in respect of fishermen for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish purchased at the appropriate rate specified in Column A of the Schedule; and

(b) The amount in respect of wholesalers for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish purchased at the appropriate rate specified in Column B of the Schedule; and

(c) The amount in respect of retailers for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish purchased at the appropriate rate specified in Column C of the Schedule.

(2) Nothing in subclause (1) requires any wholesaler to pay any amount in respect of any fish that exceeds the sum of—

(a) In respect of fishermen,—