7 FEBRUARY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Regulation Summary

Notice Under the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

Pursuant to the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Postage and Packaging Charge: Mail Orders

If two or more copies are ordered, the remittance should cover the cash price and the maximum charge for the total value of purchases as follows:

Copies can be bought or ordered by mail from Legislation Direct, P.O. Box 12-418, Wellington. Please quote title and serial numbers. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies are also available over the counter at the following locations:

Bennetts Bookshop Limited: Bowen House, Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 5334), Wellington; Bennetts Campus Bookcentre, Commerce House, 360 Queen Street (P.O. Box 5513, Wellesley Street), Auckland; Centreplace, Bryce Street (P.O. Box 928), Hamilton; 38-42 Broadway Avenue (P.O. Box 1820), Palmerston North; 111 Cashel Street (Private Bag), Christchurch 1; and located in Whitcoulls, 143 George Street (P.O. Box 1104), Dunedin.

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General Section

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.

Notice

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; and

(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 other than 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.\n
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;

(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;

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

(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;