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Animal Products Act 1999

Risk management programmes - Registration of risk management programmes

20: Applications for registration of programmes

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"How to apply to register your animal product business's safety plan"

You can apply to register a risk management programme if you run an animal product business. You must apply in writing and include certain information with your application. This information includes a copy of your risk management programme or part of it.

You also need to include a report that checks your programme is valid according to sections 12 and 17. The report must be done by someone independent and completed within six months of your application. You must tell the Director-General the name of the agency that will check your programme.

You may not need to include the report if your programme is based on a template or model, or if it is a multi-business programme approved by the Director-General, or if the risks to health are very low. The Director-General decides if you need to include the report or not, based on section 12(3A) or section 17A. You must pay a fee if one is required and give any other information the regulations say you must provide.

When you apply, you must give the information in a way that meets the requirements of the regulations. This means following any rules about how to provide the information. You must do this so the Director-General can process your application.

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Part 2Risk management programmes
Registration of risk management programmes

20Applications for registration of programmes

  1. The operator of an animal product business may apply to the Director-General for the registration of a risk management programme.

  2. An application for registration must be made in writing in a form or manner approved by the Director-General, and be accompanied by—

  3. either—
    1. a copy of the risk management programme (or such number of copies as may be required by the Director-General); or
      1. if the regulations permit part only of the programme to be lodged, a copy of that part of the programme; and
      2. subject to subsection (3), a copy of a report of an independent evaluation, carried out not more than 6 months before the date of the application for registration, of the validity of the risk management programme in terms of sections 12 and 17; and
        1. the name of the verifying agency that has indicated it is prepared to undertake verification of the programme; and
          1. such further information and other material (including declarations, where appropriate) as may be required by the regulations or any supplementary notice; and
            1. the prescribed fee (if any).

              1. The Director-General may waive or modify the requirement to provide a copy of an independent evaluation report if—

              2. the risk management programme is fully based on a template, model, or code of practice of a kind referred to in section 12(3A); or
                1. the risk management programme is a multi-business risk management programme approved by the Director-General in accordance with section 17A; or
                  1. the risks to human or animal health are negligible, and the Director-General is satisfied that the nature of the business does not require an independent evaluation report to ensure validity in terms of sections 12 and 17.

                    1. The information and other material accompanying the application must be provided in a way that complies with any requirements prescribed by the regulations or any supplementary notice.

                    Notes
                    • Section 20(2)(a): substituted, on , by section 17 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
                    • Section 20(2)(a)(ii): replaced, on , by section 73 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                    • Section 20(2)(b): substituted, on , by section 17 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
                    • Section 20(2)(b): amended, on , by section 11(1) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).
                    • Section 20(2)(c): replaced, on , by section 72(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                    • Section 20(2)(d): amended, on , by section 72(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                    • Section 20(3): added, on , by section 11(2) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).
                    • Section 20(3)(a): amended, on , by section 72(3) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                    • Section 20(4): inserted, on , by section 72(4) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).