3986 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 154

Pesticides Act 1979

Pesticides Product Revocation Notice

(No. 1174; Ag. P.B. 154)

Pursuant to section 29 (4) of the Pesticides Act 1979, the Pesticides Board hereby gives notice of the revocation of the registration of the following pesticides:

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of November 2000.

J. REEVE, Registrar.
(Ag.154)

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Animal Health Board

Biosecurity Act 1993

Notice of Movement Controls for Bovine Tuberculosis

Pursuant to section 131 (2) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, the Animal Health Board declares New Zealand (with the exception of the Chatham Islands) to be an area that is controlled for the purpose of enabling the limitation of the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

Pursuant to section 131 (3) (a) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, the Animal Health Board gives notice that the movement of cattle and deer within the Controlled Area is restricted and regulated to the extent and subject to the conditions specified below.

1. Definitions

In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Herd” means—

(a) a group of cattle, or deer, or cattle and deer, that is managed as one unit; or

(b) a group of cattle, or deer, or cattle and deer, that is kept within the same enclosure or behind the same fence.

“Herd of Origin” means the herd with which a cattle beast or a deer is, for the time being, grazing.

“Risk Area” means an area specified in the Schedule to this notice.

“The Controlled Area” means New Zealand (with the exception of the Chatham Islands).

2. Declaration Cards

2.1 Every cattle beast or deer aged 30 days or more that is moved within the Controlled Area from—

(i) Its herd of origin; or

(ii) The place or establishment at which the animal is being kept—

to a place occupied by the owner or person in charge of the cattle beast or deer, must be accompanied throughout the movement by a completed Declaration Card relating to that animal, so that a person inspecting that animal may inspect the Declaration Card at the same time.

2.2 A completed Declaration Card must be signed and dated by the owner of the animal to which it relates or a person acting with the authority of the owner, and must contain the following information for each animal to which the card relates:

(a) The breed, sex and age of the animal; and

(b) Whether or not that animal was bred within the herd of origin or at the place or establishment at which the animal is being kept; and

(c) The name and address of the owner of that animal; and

(d) Whether or not that animal has been tested for bovine tuberculosis while in the possession of the person who signed the Declaration Card or on whose behalf the Declaration Card was signed; and

(e) If that animal has been tested for bovine tuberculosis while in the possession of the person who signed the Declaration Card or on whose behalf the Declaration Card was signed, the date of the last test and whether or not tuberculosis was detected in respect to:

(i) The animal; and
(ii) The herd of origin; and

(f) Whether that animal is being moved from a place within a Risk Area and, whether that animal, if so, had been tested for bovine tuberculosis within 60 days prior to movement; and

(g) The bovine tuberculosis status of the animal, which shall be the status given to the animal or herd of origin by the Animal Health Board and shall be one of the following:

(i) Infected (I...n), where the index following the status “Infected” represents the number of years the herd has had an infected status;

(ii) Clear (L...n), where the index following the status “Clear” represents the number of years (to a maximum of 10) the herd has had a clear status, except for those herds classified as “cattle dry stock”, “venison”, or “miscellaneous”. For these herds, the Clear index is capped at a maximum value of “1”; and

(iii) Suspended, which refers to animals from a herd in which diagnosis of suspected tuberculosis awaits confirmation or a herd containing animals of unknown testing history (including feral animals), for which sufficient testing information to establish the herd status has yet to be accumulated.

(iv) Works monitored, which refers to animals from a herd not subject to on-farm testing under the operational plan of the Animal Health Board.

3. Testing Prior to Movement From or Within Risk Areas

3.1 No cattle beast or deer aged 90 days or more may be moved—

(a) From any Risk Area to a place outside that Risk Area; or

(b) Within any Risk Area from its herd of origin, or the place or establishment at which the animal is being kept, to a place other than a place occupied by the owner or person in charge of the cattle beast or deer—

unless it has undergone, within 60 days prior to the date of movement, a negative test for bovine tuberculosis in accordance with the Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998.

3.2 The restriction on movement in 3.1 does not apply where an animal is being moved directly to a place of slaughter.