Biosecurity Act 1993

Importation of risk goods - Import health standards

22: Meaning of import health standard

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"What you must do to safely bring goods into New Zealand"

When you import goods into New Zealand, there are rules to follow. These rules are called import health standards. They help manage risks that come with importing goods, like the risk of accidentally bringing in a new organism. You have to meet certain requirements before you can import goods, move them from a special area, or get a clearance to bring them into the country. An import health standard tells you what you need to do to import goods safely, including what information you need to provide and what you can and cannot do with the goods after they arrive.

An import health standard applies to specific types of goods and says where those goods can come from, such as a particular country or countries. It can also say what you need to do with the goods after they arrive, like how to use them or what conditions you must follow. The standard might ask you to provide certain information to the Director-General, like what the goods are or where they came from, and it will say how and when you need to provide that information.

The rules can be specific, like what to do before the goods arrive, or more general, like what to do after the goods have been cleared. They help keep New Zealand safe from risks that might come with imported goods, and they apply to anyone who imports goods that are covered by the standard. You can find more information about the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012, which changed some of these rules, on the legislation website.

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Part 3Importation of risk goods
Import health standards

22Meaning of import health standard

  1. An import health standard specifies requirements to be met for the effective management of risks associated with importing risk goods, including risks arising because importing the goods involves or might involve an incidentally imported new organism.

  2. An import health standard must include requirements that apply before 1 or more of the following actions may be taken:

  3. the risk goods are imported:
    1. the risk goods are moved from a biosecurity control area:
      1. the risk goods are moved from a transitional facility:
        1. the risk goods are given a biosecurity clearance.
          1. An import health standard may also include post-clearance requirements.

          2. An import health standard must do the following:

          3. specify the class or description of goods to which it applies; and
            1. specify that it applies to goods of a class or description imported from—
              1. a country or countries specified; or
                1. countries of a class or description specified; or
                  1. a location or locations specified; or
                    1. all countries.
                    2. An import health standard may specify requirements in any appropriate manner, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

                    3. measures to be applied to the goods before or after importation into New Zealand:
                      1. evidence or information to be provided about the measures or the goods:
                        1. a statement of the outcome to be achieved and the criteria to determine whether the outcome has been achieved.
                          1. An import health standard may specify—

                          2. information that the importer of goods to which the standard applies must provide to the Director-General:
                            1. the period before the goods' arrival in New Zealand by which the importer must provide the information:
                              1. the form and manner in which the importer must provide the information.
                                1. Post-clearance requirements in an import health standard may also specify the following:

                                2. the class or description of persons to whom the requirements apply:
                                  1. the use to which the goods must be put:
                                    1. the restrictions or conditions on the use of the goods:
                                      1. the duration of the requirements:
                                        1. any other matters reasonably necessary for the effective implementation of the requirements.
                                          Notes
                                          • Section 22: replaced, on , by section 20 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).