Pursuant to section 34(2)(a)(ii) of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Act 2012 (“Act”), I Helen Thoday, acting under delegated authority as Acting Chief Executive of National Animal Identification and Tracing Limited, which is the designated NAIT organisation, give notice of alternative time limits to those prescribed by Regulations made under the Act for the provision of information by any person in charge of animals (PICA).

The alternative time limits apply only to those PICAs with NAIT animals located within the below areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle:

• Masterton District
• Carterton District
• South Wairarapa District

The alternative time limits are: 

• a person registering as a PICA under section 27(1) of the Act must do so by 7 April 2023; 
• a PICA making a declaration under section 31(1) of the Act must make it by 7 April 2023; 
• a PICA tagging an animal in accordance with regulation 20 of the NAIT (Obligations and Exemptions) Regulations 2012 must do so by 7 April 2023;
• a PICA making a declaration under 32(1) of the Act must make it by 7 April 2023.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of March 2023.

This extension comes into effect on the day after it is published in the New Zealand Gazette.

HELEN THODAY, Acting Chief Executive, National Animal Identification and Tracing Limited.