Pursuant to section 50(5) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 and Regulation 8 of the Biosecurity (Animal Identification Systems) Regulations 1999, I give notice that:
1. Animal Health Board (AHB) Identification System approved by David Hayes, Director, Preparedness and Partnerships*, on 22 June 2012 may be used from
1 July 2012 to comply with the Biosecurity (Animal Identification Systems) Regulations 1999 and section 50(2)(a) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, with respect to the identification of cattle and deer for the purpose
of controlling bovine tuberculosis, and with section 50(2)(b) of the Act for marking the presence or absence in organisms of particular qualities relating to the purposes of the Act, and for section 50(2)(c) of
the Act for meeting the certification requirements
of overseas authorities in respect of New Zealand exports.
2. I hereby revoke the approval of the Animal Health Board (AHB) Identification System approved on
3 October 1999 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 14 October 1999, No. 150, page 3579.
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of June 2012.
DAVID HAYES, Director, Preparedness and Partnerships, Ministry for Primary Industries.
Explanatory Note:
This notice specifies that the Animal Health Board (AHB) Identification System* approved on 22 June 2012 may be used for the identification of cattle and deer for the purposes of controlling bovine tuberculosis, marking the presence
or absence in organisms of particular qualities relating
to the purposes of the Biosecurity Act 1993, and for meeting the certification requirements of overseas authorities in respect of New Zealand exports.
This system replaces the Animal Health Board (AHB) Identification System approved on 3 October 1999. The AHB Identification System now:
- defines the sole identification device approved for use in the AHB Identification System to be National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) devices issued under the terms of an animal identification standard issued
by the NAIT organisation under section 14 of the NAIT Act 2012;
- ceases to include specifications for any other type of approved primary tag;
- ceases to require the use of secondary tags; and
- ceases to provide the option to fit direct to slaughter tags.
*New Zealand Gazette, 28 June 2012, No. 73, page 2074