5 JUNE 2008

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 93

2515

Departmental Notices

Agriculture and Forestry

Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

Notice of Application to Register a Trade Name Product (Notice No. 70)

Pursuant to section 14(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, the Director-General of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority gives notice that the following application has been made to register a trade name product under section 9(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997:

Trade Name: Omoguard Paste for Horses

Reference: A010085

Active Ingredient and Concentration: Omeprazole 370mg/g

Formulation Type: Paste

General Use Claim: For the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers in horses and foals. Omoguard is effective in horses under a variety of management conditions, including racing or showing horses and foals as young as one month old.

Any person may make a written submission to the director-general concerning this application. Under sections 16 and 17 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, a written submission:

(a) must state in full the reasons for making the submission; and

(b) may state any decision sought on that application; and

(c) must be received by the director-general no later than 30 working days after the date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

A copy of every submission will be forwarded to the applicant for the applicant’s information.

The following address is:

(a) where submissions on this application are to be sent; and

(b) where requests for copies of the public information relating to the application can be sent; and

(c) where public information relating to the application can be viewed; and

(d) the director-general’s address for service:

ACVM Group, New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Level 5, South Tower, 68–86 Jervois Quay, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2835, Wellington 6140.

The applicant’s address for service is:

Nature Vet Pty Ltd, 11 Moores Road, Glenorie, New South Wales 2157, Australia. Postal Address: PO Box 147, Glenorie, New South Wales 2157, Australia.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of May 2008.

MAREE ZINZLEY, Programme Manager (Operations) (acting under delegated authority).

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Biosecurity (Risk Screening Levy) Order 2006

Biosecurity (Risk Screening Levy) Order 2006 (Notice No. 1626)

The levy is imposed on all importations of goods (on which the total duty payable is $50.00 or more) where an importer has:

(a) made an import entry under section 39(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996; or

(b) lodged a document that the chief executive has required to be lodged under:

(i) Regulation 25(i)(iii) of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996; or

(ii) Regulation 26(2) of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.

However, no levy is imposed on goods that are specified in Regulation 24A(4) of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.

Under Regulation 11(2) of the Biosecurity (Risk Screening Levy) Order 2006, the director-general hereby notifies the rate of levy for the 2008–2009 levy year.

The biosecurity risk screening levy for the levy year commencing 1 July 2008 and ending 30 June 2009 has been set at $4.00 per leviable importation (inclusive of GST).

The levy is calculated on the basis of dividing:

(a) the estimated annual costs incurred by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“the Ministry”); by

(b) the estimated total number of annual leviable importations that:

(i) are required to be entered under section 39 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996; or

(ii) are deemed to have been entered under Regulation 23 of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.

The annual costs incurred by the Ministry means:

(a) the costs of electronic import documentation screening, including related information technology development and maintenance costs;

(b) the costs of biosecurity risk assessment of imported goods;

(c) the costs of clearing goods not requiring further action by the Ministry;

(d) the costs incurred by the director-general in administering the levy; and

(e) the costs incurred by the chief executive in collecting the levy.

Dated this 3rd day of June 2008.

M. A. SHERWIN, Director-General.

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Biosecurity (Shipping Container Levy) Order 2006

Biosecurity (Shipping Container Levy) Order 2006 (Notice No. 1627)

The levy is imposed on all shipping containers imported into and landed in New Zealand.