Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996

82A Register of test certificates

• (1) The Authority must keep and maintain a register of test certificates issued by test certifiers under section 82.

  (2) The purpose of the register is to facilitate compliance with, and enforcement of,—

  • (a) this Act, the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and the Resource Management Act 1991; and

  • (b) any regulations or notices in force under those Acts.

  (3) The register must specify—

  • (a) the date on which each test certificate was issued, and the expiry date or (if applicable) the date of the revocation of the test certificate; and

  • (b) the name of the test certifier who issued the certificate; and

  • (c) the matter for which each test certificate has been issued; and

  • (d) details of the prescribed requirements for which each test certificate was issued; and

  • (e) in the case of a test certificate issued in respect of a place, the street address of the place; and

  • (f) in the case of a test certificate issued in respect of a person,—

    • (i) the name of the person; and

    • (ii) the name and address of the person's place of work.

  (4) A search of the register may be carried out by the Authority, and by the following persons for the following purposes:

  • (a) an individual, or a person with the written consent of the individual, for the purpose of searching for information about that individual in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993:

  • (b) a test certifier for the purpose of searching for information that the test certifier has provided under section 82(5):

  • (c) an approved person for a purpose that—

    • (i) relates to the purpose of the register; or

    • (ii) is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to public health, public safety, or the life or health of any person; or

    • (iii) is necessary to avoid prejudice to the maintenance of the law (including the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, and punishment of offences); or

    • (iv) has been authorised by the Privacy Commissioner under section 54(1) of the Privacy Act 1993.

  (5) In this section, approved person means—

  • (a) the chief executive of the department that is, with the authority of the Prime Minister, for the time being responsible for the administration of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997:

  • (b) a person specified in section 97:

  • (c) an enforcement officer.

  Sections 82A to 82C were inserted, as from 22 December 2005, by section 21 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Approvals and Enforcement) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 123).