Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk) Amendment Regulations 2021

2021/109

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk) Amendment Regulations 2021

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 17th day of May 2021

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

These regulations are made under section 115 of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk) Amendment Regulations 2021.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 June 2021.

3 Principal regulations
4 Regulation 19 amended (New co-op must offer to supply raw milk to certain independent processors at fixed quarterly price)

(1)

In regulation 19(4), after most recent forecast of the farm gate milk price, insert “, in relation to an independent processor other than Goodman Fielder New Zealand Limited,”.

(2)

After regulation 19(4), insert:

(5)

In subclause (2), most recent forecast of the farm gate milk price, in relation to Goodman Fielder New Zealand Limited, means the most recent forecast of the farm gate milk price as defined in subclause (4) plus 10 cents per kilogram of milk solids.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 June 2021, amend regulation 19 of the Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk) Regulations 2012 (the principal regulations).

Regulations 19 and 20 of the principal regulations, relating to the price of raw milk, are amended by the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Act 2020 with effect from 1 June 2021. The further amendment to regulation 19 is necessary to give the pending amendments to that regulation and regulation 20 their full intended effect.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 May 2021.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.