Pursuant to section 49(1)(d) of the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2019, the Chief Executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries gives notice of the issuing of the qualifications and competencies a farm debt mediator must demonstrate to be an authorised Farm Debt Mediator in accordance with the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2019.

The qualifications and competencies a farm debt mediator must demonstrate to be an authorised Farm Debt Mediator is available on the Ministry for Primary Industries website (https://www.mpi.govt.nz/law-and-policy/legislation/the-farm-debt-mediation-scheme/) and comes into force 13 February 2020.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of February 2020.

RAY SMITH, Chief Executive, Ministry for Primary Industries.