Biosecurity Act 1993

Pest management - National pest management plans

61: First step: plan initiated by proposal

You could also call this:

"Creating a pest control plan starts with a proposal that outlines the problem and a solution."

To make a national pest management plan, you start with a proposal. This proposal can be made by a Minister or someone who sends it to a Minister. You need to include your name and what your proposal is about in the proposal. This means saying what pest you want to control and why.

Your proposal must also include information about the pest, such as what harm it causes and why you think a plan is needed. You have to say what you want to achieve with the plan and how you will do it. You also need to think about how the plan will affect people, the environment, and the economy.

If the plan will cost money, you need to say how you will pay for it and who will contribute. You must also consider how you will make sure the plan is working and how you will deal with any problems that come up. The proposal should include details about who will be in charge of the plan and how it will be monitored. You should also think about whether the plan will apply to certain areas, like the Exclusive Economic Zone, and how it will affect Māori and their culture.

Your proposal may need to include other information, such as how you will fund the plan, how long it will last, and what consultation you have done. You may also need to explain how you will work with local authorities and other groups to implement the plan. If you are proposing to fund the plan with a levy under section 100L, you need to say how the levy will work and what will be included. You should also think about any other matters that are required by the national policy direction.

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60: Relationship of rules and plan with law, or

"What happens when rules and plans disagree with the law"

62: Second step: satisfaction on requirements, or

"The Minister checks if a pest control plan is a good idea and follows the rules."

Part 5Pest management
National pest management plans

61First step: plan initiated by proposal

The first step in the making of a plan is a proposal made by—
a Minister; or
a person who submits the proposal to a Minister.

The proposal must set out the following matters:
the name of the person making the proposal:
the subject of the proposal, which means—
1. the organism proposed to be specified as a pest under the plan or the organisms proposed to be specified as pests under the plan; or
2. the class or description of organism proposed to be specified as a pest under the plan or the classes or descriptions of organisms proposed to be specified as pests under the plan:
for each subject,—
1. a description of its adverse effects:
2. the reasons for proposing a plan:
3. the objectives that the plan would have:
4. the principal measures that would be in the plan to achieve the objectives:
5. other measures that it would be reasonable to take to achieve the objectives, if there are any such measures, and the reasons why the proposed measures are preferable as a means of achieving the objectives:
6. the reasons why a national plan is more appropriate than a regional plan:
7. an analysis of the benefits and costs of the plan:
8. the extent to which any persons, or persons of a class or description, are likely to benefit from the plan:
9. the extent to which any persons, or persons of a class or description, contribute to the creation, continuance, or exacerbation of the problems proposed to be resolved by the plan:
10. the rationale for the proposed allocation of costs:
11. if it is proposed that the plan be funded by a levy under section 100L, how the proposed levy satisfies section 100L(5)(d) and what matters will be specified under section 100N(1):
12. whether any unusual administrative problems or costs are expected in recovering the costs allocated to any of the persons whom the plan would require to pay the costs:
any other organism intended to be controlled:
the effects that, in the opinion of the person making the proposal, implementation of the plan would have on—
1. economic wellbeing, the environment, human health, enjoyment of the natural environment, and the relationship between Māori, their culture, and their traditions and their ancestral lands, waters, sites, wāhi tapu, and taonga:
2. the marketing overseas of New Zealand products:
if the plan would affect another pest management plan or a pathway management plan, how it is proposed to co-ordinate the implementation of the plans:
the powers in Part 6 that it is proposed to use to implement the plan:
each proposed rule and an explanation of its purpose:
the rules whose contravention is proposed to be an offence under this Act:
the management agency:
the means by which it is proposed to monitor or measure the achievement of the plan's objectives:
the actions that it is proposed local authorities, local authorities of a specified class or description, or specified local authorities may take to implement the plan, including contributing towards the costs of implementation:
the basis, if any, on which the management agency is to pay compensation for losses incurred as a direct result of the implementation of the plan:
information on the disposal of the proceeds of any receipts arising in the course of implementing the plan:
whether or not the plan would apply to the EEZ and, if it would, whether it would apply to all of it or parts of it and, if it would apply to parts, which parts:
whether the plan includes portions of road adjoining land it covers, as authorised by section 6, and, if so, the portions of road proposed to be included:
the anticipated costs of implementing the plan:
how it is proposed that the costs be funded:
the period for which it is proposed the plan be in force:
the consultation, if any, that has occurred on the proposal and the outcome of it:
any matter that the national policy direction requires be specified in a plan:
the steps that have been taken to comply with the process requirements in the national policy direction, if there were any.

Notes

Section 61: replaced, on 18 September 2012, by section 39 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).