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Reprint as at 1 April 2008

Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme—Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish) Regulations 2006

(SR 2006/38)

Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 6th day of March 2006

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

The Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme—Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish) Regulations 2006 are administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Pursuant to section 166 of the Animal Products Act 1999 and section 25 of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999, Her Excellency the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Minister given in accordance with section 39 of the Animal Products Act 1999, and acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

3 Regulated control scheme imposed

4 Prime purpose of scheme

5 Activities to which scheme applies

6 Persons to whom scheme applies

7 Relationship between scheme and other regulations, etc

8 Interpretation

Part 2
Standards, obligations, and requirements

9 BMS to be suitable for processing

10 Minimisation of contamination or deterioration

11 BMS to be examined, sampled, and tested

12 Standards related to vessel and vehicle suitability

13 Standards related to persons whose presence or actions may result in contamination of BMS

14 Standards related to packing, packaging, and storage

15 Storage requirements

16 Standards related to relaying, wet storage, and depuration

17 Standards relating to identification, labelling, and record keeping

18 BMS not to be associated with false or misleading representation

Obligations and requirements

19 Obligations of growers

20 Obligation of harvest operators to be registered

21 Obligation of relay operators to hold permit

22 Obligation of transport, sorting shed, and BMS depot operators to be listed

23 Duties of harvest operators

24 Duty to supply information

25 Limits on harvesting

26 Verification

27 Laboratories

28 Required measuring equipment to be calibrated and function as intended

29 Classification of growing areas

30 Sanitary surveys

31 Monitoring of growing areas

32 Status of growing area as open or closed for harvesting

33 Listing of growing areas

Part 3
Registration, permits, and listings of BMS-related operators

Registration of harvest operators

34 Director-General to maintain register of harvest operators

35 Matters to be shown in register

36 Application for registration

37 Renewal of registration

38 Registration of harvest operators

39 Refusal to register

40 Conditions on registration

41 Registration may not be transferred

42 Suspension of operations of registered harvest operator

43 Deregistration of harvest operators

44 Surrender of registration

Permitting of relay operators

45 Grant of permit to operate as relay operator

46 Conditions on permit

47 Revocation of permit

Listing of growing areas and of transport, sorting shed, and BMS depot operators

48 Director-General to maintain list of growing areas, transport operators, sorting shed operators, and BMS depot operators

49 Matters to be shown in list of growing areas, transport operators, sorting shed operators, and BMS depot operators

50 Applications for listing

51 Listing of transport, sorting shed, and BMS depot operators

52 Refusal to list

54 Review of decision to refuse to list, or to delist

55 Listing fee payable

Part 4
Miscellaneous provisions

Transitional provisions

57 Transitional provisions: interpretation

58 Harvest operators, vessels, and vehicles

59 Certain relay operators deemed to hold permits

60 Carry-over of current listing or classification of growing areas, transport operators, and sorting shed operators

Amendments to other regulations

61 Food (Safety) Regulations 2002 amended

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