Regulatory Impact Statement

  • Review of Live Animal and Germplasm Export Certification Charges Link to PDF document (206 KB)
    This Regulatory Impact Statement provides analysis of options to improve cost recovery for live animal and germplasm export certification and official assurance services provided by MAF under the Animal Products Act 1999. Charges for these services to exporters are set out in the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2007 (the 2007 Regulations).
  • Review of the National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy Link to PDF document (272 KB)
    This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Biosecurity New Zealand (MAF).
    It provides an analysis of options to control bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand. MAF, the Animal Health Board (AHB) and other funding stakeholders have jointly undertaken the regulatory impact analysis presented in this paper. The process has included development of options, informal consultation with key funding partners and farmers, formal public consultation, a cost benefit analysis, and this regulatory impact statement.
  • Biosecurity (Notifiable Organisms) Order 2010 Link to PDF document (71 KB)
    This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Biosecurity New Zealand (MAF). It provides an analysis of options to encourage notification of three organisms to assist with current MAF control or surveillance programmes and remove obligations to notify three organisms, which MAF considers to be no longer necessary.
  • Biosecurity (Small Scale Organism Management) Amendment Order 2009 Link to PDF document (118 KB)
    The Biosecurity Act 1993 allows regional councils to use small scale organism management programmes (small scale programmes) to respond to unwanted organism incursions occurring in their region between five-yearly regional pest management strategy (RPMS) reviews. The Biosecurity (Small Scale Organism Management) Order 1993 specifies that the maximum amount a regional council may spend on a small scale programme is $100 000.
  • Review of the Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999 Link to PDF document (93 KB)
    The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Biosecurity New Zealand administers the Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999 (the Regulations), which aim to protect New Zealand’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-free status, preserve market access and provide risk mitigation measures as required by those markets. The Regulations prohibit the feeding of ruminant protein (such as meat and bone meal) in any form to ruminant animals such as cattle, sheep, deer and goats.
  • The International Passenger Clearance Funding Bill Link to PDF document (119 KB)
    This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Biosecurity) in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour (Immigration), the Ministry of Transport, the Aviation Security Service (Avsec) and the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs). It provides an analysis of the policy decisions required to finalise the International Passenger Clearance Funding Bill.
  • Review of Biosecurity Border Clearance Charges 2009 Link to PDF document (403 KB)
    This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. It provides analysis of options to improve cost recovery regime for biosecurity border clearance services provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) under the Biosecurity Act 1993. The proposed options were developed by the 2009 review of the Biosecurity (Costs) Regulations 2006 (the Regulations) and the three levy orders – the Biosecurity Risk Screening Levy Order 2006, the Biosecurity Shipping Container Levy Order 2006, and the Biosecurity Gypsy Moth Levy Order 2004.
  • Approval of National Animal Identification System Link to PDF document (219 KB)
    This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Biosecurity New Zealand (MAF) in support of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) proposal. NAIT aims to enhance New Zealand’s animal identification and animal tracing systems, starting with cattle and deer. Changes to legislation and regulations are also proposed to give effect to the NAIT system.
  • Government-Industry Agreements regulatory impact statement Link to PDF document (102 KB)
    Government makes key biosecurity decisions in consultation with stakeholders and usually fully funds activities undertaken. Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis with limited pre-planning and prioritisation. As a result, biosecurity activities may not be optimally designed and government may not be spending resources in highest-priority areas. Joint decision-making and cost-sharing will improve the planning and delivery of biosecurity services and improve the allocation of resources by directing funding towards organisms of highest priority.
  • Animal Welfare Amendment Bill 2010 Link to PDF document (69 KB)
    This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) deals with proposed amendments to the Animal Welfare Act 1999. The purpose of the amendments are to improve the way offences relating to the ill-treatment and neglect of animals are prescribed in the Act, and to increase the penalties for this type of offending. The RIS also considers proposed changes to the provisions enabling the court to disqualify a person from having custody of animals, and to order forfeiture of animals to the Crown or to an approved organisation. Taken together, MAF believes the amendments will strengthen the Act’s provisions and enable serious offending against animals to be dealt with more effectively.

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