(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Accredited person means a person for the time being appointed as an accredited person under section 62
Advertisement means any publication to the community or to any section of the community of any words, whether written, printed, spoken, or in any electronic form, or of any pictorial representation or design or device, used to promote the sale of any agricultural compound; and to advertise has a corresponding meaning
Agricultural compound means any substance, mixture of substances, or biological compound, used or intended for use in the direct management of plants and animals, or to be applied to the land, place, or water on or in which the plants and animals are managed, for the purposes of—
and includes any veterinary medicine, any substance, mixture of substances, or biological compound used for post-harvest pest control or disinfestation of raw primary produce, and any substance, mixture of substances, or biological compound declared to be an agricultural compound for the purposes of this Act by Order in Council made under subsection (2)
Agricultural security means the exclusion, eradication, and effective management of—
Animal means any living stage of any member of the animal kingdom except human beings
Authorised person means a person for the time being appointed as an authorised person under section 61
Authorised place means any place where an inspector has authorised an imported agricultural compound to be held; and includes any transitional facility under the Biosecurity Act 1993
Biological compound means any agricultural compound that is—
(d) A product of a virus, mycoplasma, or other micro-organism, or any substance manufactured for the purpose of having the same action as a product of a virus, mycoplasma, or other micro-organism:
Code of practice means any document issued or approved in accordance with section 28
Container includes anything in or by which an agricultural compound may be cased, covered, enclosed, contained, or packed; and, in the case of any agricultural compound sold or carried or intended for sale in more than one container, includes every such container
Craft means any form of aircraft, ship, or other vehicle or vessel capable of being used to transport any agricultural compound to or from New Zealand or from or to any country outside New Zealand
Director-General means the chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture
Import means bring or cause to be brought into New Zealand territory from outside that territory; and imported has a corresponding meaning
Inspector means a person for the time being appointed as an inspector under section 60
Label, in relation to any agricultural compound or any container used to contain an agricultural compound, means any written, pictorial, or other descriptive matter under which the compound is sold or to be sold and which purports to give some information about the compound
Manufacture, in relation to any agricultural compound, means to make up, prepare, produce, or process the agricultural compound; and includes the packing of an agricultural compound in a container for the purposes of sale
Marae includes the area of land on which all buildings such as the wharenui (meeting house), the wharekai (dining room), ablution blocks, and any other associated buildings are situated
Minister means the Minister who, under the authority of any warrant or with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act
Person includes the Crown, a corporation, and a body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporated)
Pest—
(a) Includes any unwanted living organism including micro-organisms, pest agents, and any genetic structure that is capable of replicating itself (whether that structure comprises all or only part of an entity, and whether it comprises all or only part of the total genetic structure of an entity) that may affect plants, animals, or raw primary produce; and
Place includes any building, conveyance, craft, land, or structure
Prescribed means prescribed by regulations made under this Act
Primary produce includes any plant or animal, or any derivative of any plant or animal, intended for sale
Registered means registered under section 21 or section 27
Registrant means, in relation to a registered trade name product, the person who applied to register that product or the person to whom a registration is transferred
Regulations means regulations in force under this Act
Risk includes any costs or potential costs
Sale includes barter, and also includes offering, exposing, or attempting to sell, or having in possession for sale, or sending or delivering for sale, or causing or allowing to be sold, offered, or exposed for sale; and also includes—
Trade name product means an agricultural compound identified and packaged under a trade name for a specified use or uses
Use, in relation to any agricultural compound, includes its use in such a way that animals, plants, or raw primary produce are exposed to it
Veterinarian means a person for the time being registered as a veterinarian or a specialist within the meaning of section 4 of the Veterinarians Act 2005
Veterinarian: this definition was amended, as from 22 December 2005, by section 105 Veterinarians Act 2005 (2005 No 126) by substituting the words “veterinarian or a specialist within the meaning of section 4 of the Veterinarians Act 2005”
for the words “veterinary surgeon under the Veterinarians Act 1994”
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Veterinary medicine means any substance, mixture of substances, or biological compound used or intended for use in the direct management of an animal
Working day means any day except—
(a) A Saturday, a Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Labour Day, the Sovereign's Birthday, and Waitangi Day; and