NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 140

24 SEPTEMBER 2009

arrive at the DSP accompanied by an official permit to move.

4. A nil rate of levy applies to any farmed deer or killed game deer carcasses which are wholly condemned for any reason following slaughter or receipt into a PH.

5. No levy is payable in respect of any one farmed deer carcass or piece of velvet more than once.

6. These rates of levy come into effect on and from 1 October 2009 and apply until 30 September 2010, or until such time as new levy rates are fixed and come into force.

7. Under Regulation 19, notice is given that DINZ fixes the rate of additional levy payable in respect of failure to pay, or late payment of, amounts of levy payable on or after 1 October 2009 at 10 percent of the amount of levy unpaid.

8. The additional levy for failure to pay or late payment may be applied by DINZ at a rate of 10 percent on the outstanding balance following expiration of the period within which payment is required to be received by DINZ, and is payable by the DSP or PH concerned.

9. Of the DINZ levy, a portion will be paid to the Animal Health Board as the deer industry’s contribution to the Animal Health Board’s activities under the national pest management strategy for bovine tuberculosis. The DINZ levy will be broken down as follows:

9.1 For Deer Industry New Zealand:

• Venison (fallow) 7 cents per kilogram.
• Venison (other) 14 cents per kilogram.
• Velvet (fallow) 40 cents per kilogram.
• Velvet (other) $2.75 per kilogram.

9.2 For the Animal Health Board:

• Venison 5.2 cents per kilogram.
• Velvet 52 cents per kilogram.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 2009.

M. J. O’CONNOR, Chief Executive, Deer Industry New Zealand.

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Meat & Wool New Zealand Limited

Commodity Levies (Wool) Order 2004

Notification of Levy Rates on Wool

Pursuant to clause 13 of the Commodity Levies (Wool) Order 2004, notice is hereby given that, for the levy year commencing 1 October 2009, the rates of wool levies (exclusive of GST) and bases of calculation shall be:

(a) for shorn wool, 3.00 cents per kilogram of wool sold, processed or exported; and

(b) for wool on sheep at slaughter, 3.00 cents per kilogram of assessed wool pull; and

(c) for dags, 0 cents per kilogram of dags sold.

Dated this 24th day of September 2009.

ANDROULA DOMETAKIS, Company Secretary, Meat & Wool New Zealand Limited.

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Osteopathic Council

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

Notice of Scopes of Practice and Related Qualifications Prescribed by the Osteopathic Council

This notice replaces the Notice of Scopes of Practice and Related Qualifications Prescribed by the Osteopathic Council (“the Council”) dated the 21st day of July 2004, and published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 15 September 2004, No. 120, at page 2966. This notice will take effect from 24 September 2009.

Scopes of Practice

Pursuant to section 11(1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (“the Act”), the Council specifies two scopes of practice as follows:

1. Scope of Practice – Osteopath

Registered osteopaths are primary healthcare practitioners who facilitate healing through osteopathic assessment, clinical differential diagnosis and treatment of dysfunctions of the whole person. Osteopaths use various, recognised techniques to work with the body’s ability to heal itself, thereby promoting health and wellbeing. These osteopathic manipulative techniques are taught in the core curricula of accredited courses in osteopathy. The ultimate responsibility for recognition of practice lies with the Osteopathic Council.

2. Scope of Practice for Osteopaths using Western Medical Acupuncture and Related Needling Techniques

Registered osteopaths with the Scope of Practice for Osteopaths using Western Medical Acupuncture and Related Needling Techniques are primary healthcare practitioners who hold the scope of practice of osteopath, and who are qualified to perform Western medical acupuncture and related needling techniques. Western medical acupuncture is a therapeutic modality involving the insertion of fine needles which evolved from Chinese acupuncture.

Qualifications Prescribed for Registration in a Scope of Practice

1. Scope of Practice – Osteopath

Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, the Council has prescribed the following qualifications for registration in the Scope of Practice – Osteopath: