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Animal Products Act 1999

Risk management programmes

15: Certain persons may be required to have risk management programme by Order in Council

You could also call this:

"The government can order some people to have a plan to manage risks when working with animal products."

The Governor-General can make a special order that says some people must have a risk management programme. This order is made on the recommendation of the Minister. You might need to have a risk management programme if you are a primary producer, dairy processor, secondary processor, transporter, or exporter of animal material or products.

The order can say who must have a risk management programme by describing the type of animal material or product they work with. It can also describe the purpose or destination of the animal material or product. The order might say what type of operations or processes you must have a risk management programme for.

The Minister will only recommend making this order if they think it is necessary to ensure the animal product is safe for its intended use. They might also recommend it to help New Zealand exporters access overseas markets. An order made under this section is called secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 2Risk management programmes

15Certain persons may be required to have risk management programme by Order in Council

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, require any 1 or more classes of primary producer, dairy processor, secondary processor, transporter, or exporter of animal material or products who would not otherwise be required to have a risk management programme by virtue of section 13(3)(a), (b), (c), (e), or (f) to operate under a risk management programme under this Part in respect of such animal material or products, processes, operations, premises, or places as may be specified in the order.

  2. The persons to whom the order applies may be defined by reference to—

  3. the type of animal material or product that they produce or process; or
    1. the intended purpose or destination of the animal material or product in question; or
      1. the type of operations or processes carried out in relation to the animal material or product in question; or
        1. the type of premises or place in which the operations or processes are carried out in relation to the animal material or product in question; or
          1. any combination of the above.

            1. The Minister may not recommend the making of an order under this section unless satisfied that the order is necessary or desirable—

            2. in the interests of achieving the fitness for intended purpose of the animal product concerned; or
              1. for the purpose of facilitating access to overseas markets.

                1. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                Notes
                • Section 15(1): amended, on , by section 9(a) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).
                • Section 15(1): amended, on , by section 9(b) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).
                • Section 15(1): amended, on , by section 11 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
                • Section 15(3): replaced, on , by section 67 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                • Section 15(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).