Pursuant to section 131(2) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, the Animal Health Board Incorporated declares those parts of New Zealand listed in the Schedule to this notice to be Control Areas for the purpose of limiting the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
Pursuant to section 131(3)(a) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, the Animal Health Board Incorporated gives notice that the movement of cattle and deer within the Control Areas is restricted and regulated to the extent of and subject to the conditions specified below.
N o t i c e
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 Strategy) Order 1998.
"Control Area" means an area listed in the Schedule to this notice, as described in maps available from the Animal Health Board Incorporated.
2. Testing Prior to Movement From or Within Control Areas
2.1 No cattle beast or deer aged 90 days or more may be moved:
(a) from any Control Area to a place outside that Control Area; or
(b) within any Control 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 Animal Health Board Tuberculosis Operational Plan.
2.4 Where a herd is managed or kept on a property, or group of properties, which crosses the boundary of a Control Area, 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 2012.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of March 2012.
WILLIAM MCCOOK, Chief Executive, Animal Health Board Incorporated.
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Schedule
Control Areas are Listed Below
Central North Island MCA
Southern North Island MCA
Tasman / West Coast MCA
Marlborough / North Canterbury MCA
Coastal / Central Otago and Pisa MCA
Catlins MCA
Hokonui MCA
Detailed maps and information on the location of properties within Control Areas are available from the Animal Health Board, Freephone 0800 482 4636 or visit
www.tbfree.org.nz/dcamap
General Information
Any animal moved in contravention of this notice may
be seized by an inspector or authorised person and destroyed, treated or otherwise dealt with, if it is reasonable in the circumstances to do so. The Animal Health Board Incorporated may also recover the cost of testing for
bovine tuberculosis pursuant to the Biosecurity Act 1993 and the Biosecurity (Deer and Other Testing Costs) Regulations 1998.
Failure to comply with the requirements of this notice
may result in prosecution under the Biosecurity Act 1993.
If convicted, an individual will be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years, or a fine not exceeding $100,000.00, or both. A corporation convicted
of an offence is liable to a fine not exceeding $200,000.00.
Revocation
The declaration issued on the 15th day of February 2011 in regard to movement controls for bovine tuberculosis and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 17 February 2011, No. 16, page 371, and in Rural News on 15 February
2011, is hereby revoked, with effect from 1 March 2012.
Summary of Changes
This declaration has the effect of revoking part of the Central North Island Movement Control Area.
For more information visit
www.tbfree.org.nz/dcamap
to view our interactive map that shows whether you are in
a Movement Control Area, Special Testing Area or Surveillance Area, simply enter any New Zealand address into the search bar.