Biosecurity Act 1993

Importation of risk goods - Clearance of risk goods

28: Restrictions on giving clearances

You could also call this:

"Rules for letting goods into New Zealand with no nasty organisms"

When you want to bring goods into New Zealand, an inspector checks them first. The inspector must not give a biosecurity clearance for goods that have an organism listed in Schedule 2 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 or for a new organism.

However, if the goods have a new organism that was imported by accident, the inspector can still give a biosecurity clearance.

If a new organism has been approved for importation into a special facility, and there is a suitable facility available, and the organism can be taken to that facility, then an inspector can allow the organism to go to that facility, as long as the importation was approved under sections 42 or 45 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.

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27A: Post-clearance conditions on clearances, or

"Rules to follow after biosecurity clearance is given"

28A: Dealing with suspected new organism, or

"What happens if someone thinks a new organism has been found in New Zealand"

Part 3Importation of risk goods
Clearance of risk goods

28Restrictions on giving clearances

An inspector must not give a biosecurity clearance for goods that are or contain an organism specified in Schedule 2 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 or for a new organism.
However, subsection (1) does not prohibit an inspector from giving a biosecurity clearance for goods the importation of which involves, or might involve, an incidentally imported new organism.
Where any new organism is an organism for which—
the Authority has given approval for importation into containment in accordance with sections 42 or 45 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996: and
there is in existence a containment facility approved as meeting the standard set by the Authority; and
the organism is able to go to that facility,—

Notes

Section 28: replaced, on 29 July 1998, by section 130 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).
Section 28(1A): inserted, on 9 April 2008, by section 7 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 21).