Peter Thomson, Director Plants, Food and Environment of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), acting under delegated authority from the Director-General of MPI, gives notice under section 142N(4) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 ("the Act") that, under section 142M of the Act, some or all of the following material, in whole or in part, is proposed for incorporation
by reference in one or more import health standards for Plants, Plant Products and Inanimate Pathways developed under sections 22-24D of the Act, and one or more craft risk management standards for Craft developed under sections 24E-24I of the Act:
- Standard "PIT.OS.TRA.ACPQF Accreditation of Offshore Plant Quarantine Facilities and Operators":
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/border/transitional-facilities/plants/pit-os-tra-acpqf.htm
- Standard "155.04.03 A standard for diagnostic facilities which undertake the identification of new organisms, excluding animal pathogens":
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/border/transitional-facilities/plants/155-04-03.htm
- Standard "MPI-STD-ABTRT Approved Biosecurity Treatments":
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/regs/stds/bnz-std-abtrt.pdf
- Standard "PIT-GFP-ISR Grain for Processing, Import System Requirements":
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/ihs/pit-gfp-isr.pdf
- Standard "PIT-GMO-ALGMOT Approval of Laboratories for Genetically Modified Organism Testing":
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/regs/imports/plants/gm-seeds/labs-gmo-testing.pdf
- Standard "BMG-STD-PESTI Requirements for the diagnosis and reporting of organisms intercepted at the border or within transitional facilities":
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/border/inspection-services/bmg-std-pesti.htm
- Singapore Assurance Certification Scheme (ACS) For Phytosanitary Certificate:
www.ava.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/1FB21A62-549B-4673-81ED-E9B18E4312BA/13271/ACSPALNTEXPORT6.pdf
- FAO IPPC:
www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm includes International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs)
- MPI's Plants Biosecurity Index (PBI):
www1.maf.govt.nz/cgi-bin/bioindex/bioindex.pl
- MPI's Biosecurity Organisms Register for Imported Commodities (BORIC):
www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity-animal-welfare/pests-diseases/boric.aspx
- Schedule of Regulated (Quarantine) Weed Seeds:
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/ihs/schedule-of-regulated-weed-seeds.pdf
- List of MPI approved pest free areas for Fusarium circinatum (Pine Pitch Canker):
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/pests/pitch-canker/approved-pest-free-areas.pdf
- Protocol for Testing Seed Imports for the Presence of Genetically Modified Seed:
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/regs/imports/plants/gm-seeds/seed-testing-protocol.pdf
- International Rules for Seed Testing (Edition 2013) - a copy is available for reading free of charge at the Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington:
www.seedtest.org/en/international-rules-_content---1--1083.html
- International Maritime Organisation - Biofouling guidelines:
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/enter/ships/2011-imo-biofouling-guidelines.pdf
The following address is:
(a) where comments on this proposal to incorporate material by reference are to be sent; and
(b) where the material incorporated can be viewed free of charge:
Ministry for Primary Industries
Plant Imports Team
25 The Terrace
Wellington; or
Postal Address: PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140.
Email Address: plantimports@mpi.govt.nz
Any written comment must be received by the Ministry for Primary Industries no later than 20 working days after the date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
Consultation on this proposal to incorporate material by reference is in addition to the usual process of Consultation on the Draft Import Health Standards under sections 22-24D of the Act and Consultation on the Draft Craft Risk Management Standard under section 24F of the Act.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of March 2013.
PETER THOMSON, Director Plants, Food and Environment, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).