• “(ii) where appropriate in the light of the requirements of foreign governments, specifying requirements which may be additional to domestic New Zealand requirements for certain products; and

• “(iii) where appropriate, providing for the giving of official assurances to overseas authorities in relation to animal material or products exported from New Zealand.”

“accredited person has the same meaning as recognised person

“accredited risk management programme verifier has the same meaning as recognised risk management programme verifier”.

“dairy material—

• “(a) means animal material that is—

  • “(i) milk extracted from a milking animal; and

  • “(ii) any material derived or processed from milk extracted from a milking animal, up until delivery of the material at the place of sale for consumption or for end use for purposes other than consumption, or its export; and

• “(b) includes dairy product that, having been purchased or imported, is further processed

“dairy processing means all processing activities in relation to dairy material; and includes—

• “(a) the extraction of milk from milking animals for the purposes of export or sale:

• “(b) transport of dairy material from a farm dairy to a place where processing or manufacturing involving the dairy material occurs:

• “(c) processing of dairy material, including heat treatment, cooling, separation, concentration, filtering, blending, and extraction of milk components:

• “(d) the addition of other material (including food, ingredients, additives, or processing aids as defined in the Food Standards Code) or other dairy material to dairy material:

• “(e) the manufacture of products, including milk, butter, cream, milk-fat products, cheese, processed cheese, whey cheese, dried milks, milk-based infant formula, evaporated milks, condensed milks, whey, whey powder, whey products, casein, milk protein products, ice-cream, low dairy fat ice-cream-like products, yoghurt, other fermented milks, dairy desserts, lactose, and colostrum products:

• “(f) the packaging of dairy material:

• “(g) the storage, transportation, and handling of dairy material prior to—

  • “(i) delivery of the material at the place of sale for consumption or for end use for purposes other than consumption; or

  • “(ii) its export:

• “(h) further processing of dairy material that was previously dairy product with or without the addition of other material (including food, ingredients, additives, or processing aids as defined in the Food Standards Code), including reprocessing, repacking, reconstitution with water, and recombination of dairy products with or without water to make any dairy products

“dairy processor means a person who, for reward (otherwise than as an employee) or for purposes of trade, carries out dairy processing; and—

• “(a) includes—

  • “(i) a farm dairy operator:

  • “(ii) a transporter of dairy material from a farm dairy to a place of processing or manufacture:

  • “(iii) a transporter of dairy material from one place of processing or manufacture to another:

  • “(iv) an operator of any premises where dairy material is processed or manufactured or stored:

  • “(v) a transporter of dairy material to the place of export or sale for consumption or end use for purposes other than consumption:

• “(b) does not include persons (such as airline or shipping staff, stevedores, retailers, or wholesalers) handling the relevant product at the port of export or at the place of sale for consumption or use

“dairy product —

• “(a) means animal product that, having originally been dairy material,—

  • “(i) has been delivered to the place of sale for consumption, or for end use for purposes other than consumption; or

  • “(ii) has left New Zealand's territorial waters in the course of its export; and

• “(b) includes dairy produce within the meaning of the Dairy Industry Act 1952 (as in force before its repeal by section 75 of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999)”.

“farm dairy means a place where milking animals are milked on a permanent or temporary basis; and—

• “(a) subject to paragraph (b), includes—

  • “(i) any stockyard, milking yard, feedyard, silo pad, or other construction associated with or involved in the activity of extracting milk from milking animals; and

  • “(ii) any place where milk from the milking animals is first collected, filtered, deposited, cooled, stored, or treated for transport or for further processing; but

• “(b) does not include any place where any further processing takes place, or transport to that place

“farm dairy operator means the person in charge of operations at a farm dairy, including the extraction of milk from milking animals”.

“Food Standards Code means the code incorporated into New Zealand law by the New Zealand (Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code) Food Standards 2002 and issued by the Minister under section 11C of the Food Act 1981”.

“milk means the mammary secretion of milking animals”.

• “(ca) is a dairy processor; or”.

“recognised person, in relation to any verification or other specialised function or activity, means a person recognised or accredited under section 103 to perform that function or activity

“recognised risk management programme verifier means a person currently recognised or accredited under section 103 as a risk management programme verifier”.

“6 References to this Act include references to Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999, etc

• Except where the context otherwise requires,—

  • “(a) references to this Act include references to the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999, and to regulations or specifications or other requirements made or imposed under either Act:

  • “(b) references in other Acts to this Act also include references to the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999 and to regulations or specifications or other requirements made or imposed under that Act or this Act.”

• “(e) the processing of dairy material or dairy product that is not intended for human or animal consumption (subject to any order made under section 15):”.

• “(d) each person whose business or part-business is to be covered by the programme is aware of the implications for his or her business in the event of—

  • “(i) a suspension or deregistration of the programme; or

  • “(ii) the person whose programme it is ceasing to operate for any other reason.”

• “(a) the risk management programme is fully based on a template, model, or code of practice approved under section 12(3A); or

• “(b) the risk management programme is a multi-business risk management programme approved by the Director-General in accordance with section 17A; or

• “(c) the risks to human or animal health are negligible, and the Director-General is satisfied that the nature of the business does not require an independent evaluation report to ensure validity in terms of sections 12 and 17.”

• “(1A) Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Director-General to register a risk management programme that purports to apply to a business or part-business of a person other than the applicant if the Director-General has not approved the programme's coverage of that business or part-business under section 17A.”

• “(3A) The Director-General may, at any time during the 12-month period following the commencement of operations under a registered risk management programme, by written notice to the operator concerned, impose further conditions as if they were imposed on registration under subsection (2), or amend or revoke any conditions imposed under that subsection.”

“47 Object of this Part

• The object of this Part is to facilitate sustainable international trade in animal material and animal products from New Zealand by—

  • “(a) providing for the specifying of requirements that must be met in relation to all or any classes or descriptions of animal material or animal products for them to be eligible for export; and

  • “(b) providing for requirements and systems intended to safeguard official assurances provided by New Zealand in respect of animal material and animal products; and

  • “(c) providing for the registration of exporters of animal material and animal products, where appropriate.”

• “(b) the animal material or product or consignment or person concerned is exempted from the requirements of this section—”.

• “(b) all animal material or products in respect of which—

  • “(i) requirements are notified or made available under section 60A; and

  • “(ii) an official assurance is required:”.

• “(ii) any relevant requirements pertaining to exports notified or made available under section 60A; and”.

• “(iii) do not or no longer meet relevant requirements notified or made available under section 60A; or”.

• “(i) advise exporters of export requirements; and”.

“Export requirements and official assurances

“60 Export requirements

• “(1) The Director-General may, by notice issued under this section, specify requirements in relation to all or any class or description of animal material or animal product intended for export, if the Director-General is satisfied that the setting of the requirements—

  • “(a) is necessary or desirable for the purpose of facilitating access to overseas markets; or

  • “(b) is in accordance with the requirements of the relevant authority of the importing country, or can reasonably be expected to satisfy the requirements of the relevant authority of the importing country; or

  • “(c) is necessary or desirable to safeguard assurances provided by New Zealand.

  “(2) In specifying requirements under subsection (1) the Director-General may, where he or she considers it necessary or desirable, specify the manner in which the export requirements may or must be met, when this may or must occur, who is responsible for ensuring the requirements are met, and any recording requirements that are to be complied with.

  “(3) Requirements specified under subsection (1) may include requirements that the Director-General is satisfied are necessary or desirable for the purpose of maintaining consistency with any standards, requirements, or recommended practices that apply or are accepted internationally.

“60A Director-General to notify or make available export requirements

• “(1) The Director-General must—

  • “(a) either notify or ensure that there is made available to registered exporters any export requirements specified under section 60; and

  • “(b) make those requirements available for inspection free of charge, or for purchase at reasonable cost, to such exporters, operators of risk management programmes, and other persons as are affected by the requirements.

  “(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Director-General from—

  • “(a) charging for access to any website, or for information or services provided by any website; or

  • “(b) in the case of export requirements that are commercially sensitive, limiting access to those requirements to persons who satisfy the Director-General that their specific export or processing activities cannot be properly undertaken under this Act unless they have that access.

“60B Exemption from requirements of food standards where appropriate

• “(1) The Director-General may, by notice under section 167, where satisfied that it is appropriate to do so having regard to the requirements of the relevant overseas market,—

  • “(a) exempt from the requirements of any food standards issued under Part 2A of the Food Act 1981 or any standards specified by notice under section 167 of this Act any 1 or more classes or descriptions of animal material or animal product that is intended for export from New Zealand to any destination other than Australia:

  • “(b) exempt from the requirements of any such food standards that apply only in New Zealand any 1 or more classes or descriptions of animal material or animal product that is intended for export to Australia.

  “(2) Regulations made under section 166 may also provide for exemptions of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b).

“61 Director-General may issue official assurances

• “(1) The Director-General, or a person authorised by the Director-General under section 65, may issue an official assurance in respect of animal material or animal product.

  “(2) Without limiting the matters to which an official assurance may apply, an official assurance is a general statement to a foreign government, or an agent of a foreign government, attesting that, as appropriate, any 1 or more of the following applies in respect of any animal material or animal product:

  • “(a) any specified process has been completed under this Act with respect to the animal material or product concerned:

  • “(b) the animal product concerned meets the applicable animal product standards set under this Act:

  • “(c) any requirements specified by notice under section 60A that are stated in the assurance have been met:

  • “(d) the situation in New Zealand, in relation to any matter concerning animal material or animal products, is as stated in the assurance.

  “(3) An official assurance is not a guarantee that the contents of all or any particular consignment of animal material or animal products to which it relates—

  • “(a) necessarily meet the commercial requirements of the importer; or

  • “(b) are fit for consumption or use no matter what the status or description of the consumer or user, or what has happened to the consignment or what has been its treatment since it left New Zealand; or

  • “(c) are fit for consumption or use for a purpose other than that for which they were intended.

“61A No Crown liability

• The Crown is not liable, and nor is the Director-General or any employee of the Ministry liable, for any loss arising through the refusal or failure of the relevant authority of an overseas market to admit export animal material or animal product to that market.”

• “(e) suspends an operation subject to a regulated control scheme, or deregisters or accepts deregistration of an operator or operation that is subject to a regulated control scheme, as is provided for in the relevant regulations.”

“108A Suspension of recognition

• “(1) The Director-General may at any time, by notice in writing to a recognised agency or recognised person, suspend the recognition for a period not exceeding 3 months if the Director-General has reasonable grounds to believe that the performance of the agency or person is unsatisfactory having regard to the requirements of the position.

  “(2) The Director-General may impose conditions or requirements that must be satisfied if the suspension is to be lifted.

  “(3) If the Director-General considers that conditions or requirements have not been satisfied within the suspension period, the Director-General may, by notice in writing, extend the suspension for a further period not exceeding 3 months.

  “(4) Where the Director-General suspends recognition under this section or extends a period of suspension, the notice of suspension or extension must specify—

  • “(a) the reason for the suspension or extension:

  • “(b) the period of the suspension or extension:

  • “(c) the date and time the suspension or extension commences:

  • “(d) the functions and activities that the suspension or extension relates to:

  • “(e) any conditions or requirements to be met before or during the suspension.

  “(5) The Director-General must notify—

  • “(a) the relevant recognised agency of any suspension of recognition of a person for whom the agency is responsible:

  • “(b) any relevant recognised person of the suspension of recognition of an agency with which the person is associated.

  “(6) The Director-General may notify any suspension under this section in the Gazette.

  “(7) A suspension under this section does not affect any other actions that the Director-General may take under this Act.

  “(8) The Director-General may direct the agency or person the subject of a suspension under this section to take appropriate action to remedy the deficiency or failure that gave rise to the suspension.

  “(9) If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General suspends any recognition of a person or agency under this section, the person or agency concerned may seek a review of the decision under section 162.”

• “(iia) any matter was or was not recorded on the risk management programme register; or”.

• “(d) a decision to suspend or withdraw recognition of a person or agency under section 108A or section 109:”.

• “(jb) notifying any exemption under section 60B from the requirements of any food standard:”.

• “(e) repeal of the Dairy Industry Act 1952 (with effect on the commencement of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2005), together with associated revocations, amendments, and savings and transitional provisions.”