✨ Bovine Tuberculosis Movement Controls
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 25
28 FEBRUARY 2014
Notice of Movement Controls for Bovine Tuberculosis (TB)
Pursuant to section 131(2) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, TBfree New Zealand declares those parts of New Zealand, shown as Movement Control Areas in the maps attached to this notice, to be Controlled Areas for the purpose of limiting the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
Pursuant to section 131(3)(a) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, TBfree New Zealand gives notice that the movement of cattle and deer within the Controlled Areas is restricted and regulated to the extent of and subject to the conditions specified below.
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; or
(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.
"Order" means the Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan Order) 1998.
"Controlled Area" means any area shown as a Movement Control Area in the maps attached to this notice.
2. Testing Prior to Movement From or Within Controlled Areas
2.1 No cattle beast or deer aged 90 days or more may be moved:
(a) from any Controlled Area to a place outside that Controlled Area; or
(b) within any Controlled Area from its herd of origin, or 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
unless it has undergone, within 60 days prior to the date of movement, a negative test for bovine tuberculosis in accordance with the Order.
2.2 The restriction on movement in 2.1 does not apply where an animal is being moved directly to a place of slaughter.
2.3 Notwithstanding 2.1, an animal may be exempted from the requirement for a test in accordance with the TBfree New Zealand Operational Plan.
2.4 Where a herd is managed or kept on a property, or group of properties, divided by a Controlled Area boundary as shown on the maps attached to this notice, then the requirements to test cattle or deer described in 2.1 above apply to the whole herd.
This declaration takes effect from 1 March 2014.
WILLIAM MCCOOK, Chief Executive, OSPRI New Zealand.
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- WILLIAM MCCOOK, Chief Executive, OSPRI New Zealand