Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013

  • revoked
  • Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013: revoked, on the close of 20 December 2016, by clause 6.

Reprint as at 21 December 2016

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Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013

(SR 2013/457)

Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013: revoked, on the close of 20 December 2016, by clause 6.

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 18th day of November 2013

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This order is administered by the New Zealand Customs Service.

Pursuant to section 56 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and considering that the prohibition effected by this order is necessary in the public interest, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 20 December 2013.

Order: confirmed, on 12 December 2014, by section 9(b) of the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2014 (2014 No 70).

3 Interpretation

In this order,—

Director-General means the chief executive of the department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of the Animal Welfare Act 1999

livestock means any cattle, deer, goats, or sheep.

4 Export of livestock for slaughter prohibited

The export of livestock for slaughter is prohibited, except—

(a)

with the consent of the Director-General; and

(b)

subject to any conditions specified by him or her that are not inconsistent with this prohibition.

5 Revocation

The Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2010 (SR 2010/396) is revoked.

6 Revocation of this order

This order is revoked on the close of 20 December 2016.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 20 December 2013, prohibits the export of cattle, deer, goats, and sheep for slaughter, except with the consent of the chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries and subject to any conditions, not inconsistent with the prohibition, that he or she specifies.

This order continues the prohibition under the Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2010 (the 2010 order), and is on the same terms as the 2010 order (except that the definition of Director-General in clause 3 is updated to remove a reference to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which no longer exists). The 2010 order is revoked.

Under section 56(5)(b) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 (the Act), this order expires on the close of 31 December 2014 except so far as it is expressly confirmed by Act of Parliament passed before that date. Even if confirmed completely in that way, this order is, in accordance with section 57 of the Act, revoked on the close of 20 December 2016 (clause 6) unless it is sooner revoked or extended for a further period of up to 3 years.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 21 November 2013.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013 (SR 2013/457): clause 6

Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2014 (2014 No 70): section 9(b)