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I also give notice, under section 76 of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 that on 2 December 2010, the Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005 is revoked.

The code of welfare is available for inspection free of charge and for purchase at the following address:

Executive Co-ordinator, Animal Welfare Group,
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Pastoral House,
25 The Terrace (PO Box 2526), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November 2010.

HON DAVID CARTER, Minister of Agriculture.

This notice, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 2 December 2010, No. 164, page 4090, is being republished in full as it was not tabled in Parliament within the appropriate time limit.

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Inclusion of a Further Minimum Standard in the Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code of Welfare 2010 (Notice No. 1702)*

Pursuant to section 75 of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and Order of the High Court, dated the 26th day of November 2010, in proceeding CIV-2010-485-1423, Auckland Hebrew Congregation Trust Board and the Wellington Jewish Community Centre v Minister of Agriculture, I have reconsidered my decision to not include a provision to allow for shechita slaughter of poultry in the Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code of Welfare 2010.

I hereby give notice that a further minimum standard, 15A, as set out below, is included in the Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code 2010 to provide for shechita of poultry. Minimum standard 15A will come into effect on the day after the publication of this notice.

Minimum Standard No. 15A – Shechita of Poultry

Minimum standard 15 applies subject to this minimum standard:

(a) Poultry may be slaughtered without prior stunning in accordance with the requirements of shechita (Jewish religious requirements) and the requirements of this minimum standard.

(b) A competent shochet must carry out the slaughter of the poultry. The shochet must be approved by one or both of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation or the Wellington Jewish Community Centre. Before conducting shechita in New Zealand for the first time, the shochet must provide to the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry written authorisation from one or both of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation or the Wellington Jewish Community Centre.

(c) The Auckland Hebrew Congregation or the Wellington Jewish Community Centre will approve a shochet to undertake shechita in relation to poultry only.

(d) The number of poultry that will be subject to shechita will not exceed the number necessary to meet the needs, within New Zealand, of the local Jewish community and kosher observant visitors to New Zealand. The Auckland Hebrew Congregation or the Wellington Jewish Community Centre acknowledge that present consumption is no more than 5,000 birds per year. The Minister and the Auckland Hebrew Congregation and the Wellington Jewish Community Centre will from time to time discuss the number of poultry required to meet the needs of the local Jewish community and kosher observant visitors to New Zealand.

(e) The neck of any bird must be inspected immediately after the cutting of the throat to ensure that both carotid arteries are completely severed.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 2010.

HON DAVID CARTER, Minister of Agriculture.

This notice, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 2010, No. 173, page 4249, is being republished in full as it was not tabled in Parliament within the appropriate time limit.

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Crown Law Office

Commerce Act 1986

Appointment of Lay Members of the High Court

Pursuant to section 77 of the Commerce Act 1986, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint

Robin Campbell Davey, of New South Wales, Australia
John Sidney Marsden, of Victoria, Australia
Rodney Francis Shogren, of Australian Capital Territory, Australia

as lay members of the High Court for a term of five years from 23 April 2011.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of April 2011.

HON CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, Attorney-General.

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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Appointment to New Zealand Council of Legal Education

Pursuant to section 282(1) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint

David Thomas Ryan, State Services Performance Specialist, of Wellington

as a member of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education for a term of three years commencing on 19 May 2011.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of April 2011.

HON CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, Attorney-General.

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Economic Development

Crown Entities Act 2004
Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Appointments to the Financial Markets Authority

In accordance with section 28(1)(b) of the Crown Entities Act 2004 and the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011, His Excellency the Governor-General has appointed to the Financial Markets Authority: