Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Intention to Incorporate Material by Reference – Transitional Facility Standards (Notice No. MPI 589)

I, Peter Thomson, Director Plants, Food and Environment of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), acting on behalf of the Director-General of MPI, give notice under section 142N(4) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (“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 Transitional Facility Standards developed under section 39 of the Act:

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2243.3.2010 Safety in laboratories Part 3: Microbiological safety and containment

The following address is:

  1. where comments on this proposal to incorporate material by reference are to be sent; and
  2. where the material incorporated can be viewed free of charge:
    Ministry for Primary Industries
    Import & Export Plants Team
    PO Box 2526
    Wellington 6140
    plantimports@mpi.govt.nz

Any written comment must be received by the Ministry for Primary Industries no later than 10 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 draft transitional facility standards under section 39 of the Act.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of January 2016.

PETER THOMSON, Director Plants, Food and Environment, Ministry for Primary Industries.