New Zealand Legislation: Acts

27 Inspector to be satisfied of certain matters

• An inspector shall not give a biosecurity clearance for any goods unless satisfied that the goods are not risk goods; or satisfied—

  • (a) that the goods comply with the requirements specified in an import health standard in force for the goods (or goods of the kind or description to which the goods belong); and

  • (b) that there are no discrepancies in the documentation accompanying the goods (or between that documentation and those goods) that suggest that it may be unwise to rely on that documentation; and

  • (c) in the case of an organism, that the goods display no symptoms that may be a consequence of harbouring unwanted organisms; and

  • (d) that the goods display no signs of harbouring organisms that may be unwanted organisms; and

  • (e) there has been no recent change in circumstances, or in the state of knowledge, that makes it unwise to issue a clearance.

  Section 27(a): substituted, on 26 November 1997, by section 15 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).