Pursuant to section 34(2)(a) of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Act 2012 (“Act”), I, Sam McIvor, acting under delegated authority as 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 Selwyn District Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Area affected by the severe weather event.

The alternative time limits are:

• a person registering as a PICA under section 27(1) of the Act must do so within 48 hours of the cessation of the state of local emergency.

• a PICA making a declaration under section 31(1) of the Act must make it within 48 hours of the cessation of the state of local emergency.

• a PICA tagging an animal in accordance with regulation 20 of the NAIT (Obligations and Exemptions) Regulations 2012 must do so within 48 hours of the cessation of the state of local emergency.

• a PICA making a declaration under section 32(1) of the Act must make it within 48 hours of the cessation of the state of local emergency.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of May 2025.

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

SAM McIVOR, Chief Executive, National Animal Identification and Tracing Limited.