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Animal Products Act 1999

Risk management programmes

17A: Multi-business risk management programmes

You could also call this:

"One risk management plan can cover multiple animal product businesses if approved by the Director-General."

You can have a risk management programme that covers more than one business if the Director-General says it is okay. The Director-General will only approve this if the programme is suitable for all the businesses it will cover. You need to make sure the person in charge of the programme has control over all the businesses it covers.

The Director-General needs to be satisfied that the people whose businesses are covered by the programme agree to it. They also need to know what will happen to their business if the programme is stopped or the person in charge stops operating. The approval can have conditions that you must follow.

You can apply for approval when you first register your risk management programme under section 20, or later when you amend it under section 25(3). The Director-General can say no if they do not think the person in charge of another business is a suitable person to run an animal product business. They will consider if the person has been convicted of any offences related to fraud or dishonesty.

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Part 2Risk management programmes

17AMulti-business risk management programmes

  1. A registered risk management programme may apply to more than 1 business, if the Director-General approves.

  2. The Director-General may approve one person's risk management programme applying to all or part of the business or businesses of 1 or more other persons if satisfied that—

  3. the programme is appropriate to the other businesses or parts of businesses, as well as to the business of the person whose programme it is; and
    1. the registered operator of the programme will have sufficient control, authority, and accountability for all matters covered by the programme in relation to the other businesses or parts of businesses subject to its coverage; and
      1. the applicant for the approval has obtained the consent or otherwise taken into account the views of any person whose business or part of whose business is to be covered by the programme; and
        1. each person whose business or part of whose business is to be covered by the programme is aware of the implications for his or her business in the event of—
          1. a suspension or deregistration of the programme; or
            1. the person whose programme it is ceasing to operate for any other reason.

            2. The approval may be given subject to conditions.

            3. Application for approval under this section must be made by the operator of the risk management programme, either at the time of application for its registration under section 20, or as an application for amendment under section 25(3).

            4. The Director-General may decline his or her approval under this section if not satisfied that the operator of another business to which it is proposed that the programme apply is a fit and proper person to operate an animal product business, taking into account whether the operator or any directors or managers of the business concerned have been convicted, whether in New Zealand or overseas, of any offence relating to fraud or dishonesty, or relating to management control or business activities in respect of businesses of a kind (whether in New Zealand or elsewhere) that are regulated under this Act.

            Notes
            • Section 17A: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
            • Section 17A(2)(a): amended, on , by section 70(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
            • Section 17A(2)(b): amended, on , by section 70(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
            • Section 17A(2)(c): amended, on , by section 70(3) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
            • Section 17A(2)(c): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).
            • Section 17A(2)(d): added, on , by section 10(1) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).
            • Section 17A(2)(d): amended, on , by section 70(3) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
            • Section 17A(5): added, on , by section 10(2) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).