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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 92

(ii) by a written declaration of one party to the other and to the conciliator that the conciliation is terminated; or

(iii) by a written declaration by the conciliator to the parties that further efforts at conciliation are no longer justified; or

(iv) by the parties not objecting to the conciliator’s determination or proposal within 5 days.

“Dairy Herd Improvement Tribunal”:
means the tribunal established by the New Zealand Dairy Board on the recommendation of the Macdonald Committee Report 1992 to develop, among other things, guidelines, and to mediate on any issues, relating to access to the Database.

“data”
means any data, information or records, whether in electronic or manual form, which is obtained or provided pursuant to either a herd testing licence or service.

“Database Manager”:
means the entity appointed by the New Zealand Dairy Board to operate and manage the National Dairy Herd Improvement Database.

“farm and herd identification”:
means for a herd the map reference, herd number, and participant identification of the herd owner. These will be issued by the Database Manager for each herd each season.

“herdbook identification”:
means (where applicable) for every animal identified by this method the Breed Society, sex and herdbook number.

“herd testing”:
means the operation of testing milch cows in any two or more herds the property of different persons for the purpose of recording the milk production, milk composition and milk quality of individual cows within those herds in respect of milk volume and milk solids or characteristics, or any of them.

“lactation identification”:
means for each herd for every cow with a lactation the test number of the animal together with calving date, condition at calving if known, the drying off date at the end of the lactation if recorded.

“Licence Holder”:
means those persons or entities who have been granted a herd testing licence by the New Zealand Dairy Board, pursuant to the Herd Testing Regulations 1958.

“LIA identification”:
means (where applicable) for each animal identified by this method a region number, herd number, year number, and sequence number.

“location identification”:
means the cow number (or birth identification) of the animal together with the map reference, herd number, date in and, if the animal is no longer at this location, the date out, fate and cause code.

“mating detail”
means for each location the cow number or birth identification of the animal together with the following details for each recorded mating:

• date of mating, mating type, and
• if the mating is by artificial insemination, the AB code of the semen, participant code of the inseminator and, if known, the semen batch number, or
• if the mating is natural, the birth identification, or herdbook number, or AB code of the bull.
• or for animals run with a bull:
• date bull starts to run with animal, and
• birth identification, or herdbook identification of the bull, and
• date bull stops running with the animal.

“participant identification”:
means for every legal entity involved in herd ownership in New Zealand, the unique participant code issued by the Database Manager.

“RDIPM”:
means the record of details of identification, production and mating being a schedule, provided on electronic media of a type agreed from time to time with the Database Manager, with the following information recorded:

• farm and herd identifications,
• location identifications,
• birth identifications,
• calving details,
• birth details,
• lactation details,
• test day production details, and
• mating details.

Detailed formats, default values and codes are those approved for the purpose from time to time by the Database Manager and published in the New Zealand Gazette or as described in Appendix II.

“season”:
means the period of 12 months ending with the 31st day of May in any year.

“test day production detail”:
means for each herd the cow number of the animal together with the following details for each test:

• the date of test, abnormal code, and
• the milk volume for each milking carried out over the period of the test, and a calculated 24-hour milk volume equivalent, and
• based on a representative sample of the 24-hour milk production, the fat %, protein % and the somatic cell concentration, and/or
• any other characteristics of milk that may have been determined or be required.

Notice No. 4618 in the New Zealand Gazette dated 2 July 1998, No. 89, page 2027-2034 is hereby revoked.

Dated this 25th day of July 2000.

The Common Seal of New Zealand Dairy Board was hereunto affixed in the presence of:

E. S. RATTRAY, Director.

I. L. ROBB, Director.

M.D. HAMILTON, Assistant Secretary.

APPENDIX I

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

The following specifications shall generally be required to be met for equipment to be considered for approval for use and inclusion to the schedule of approved equipment.

1. Milk Meters

Target Accuracy for Total Yield (in litres to one decimal point) for each animal shall be:

When herd test determinations are carried out less frequently than at every milking: