Animal Products Act 1999

Risk management programmes - References to verifying agency

35: References to verifying agency

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"What 'verifying agency' means in this law"

When you see a reference to a verifying agency in this Part of the law, it is talking about a risk management programme. If a recognised person does the verification work for that programme, but they are not employed by a recognised agency, you must treat the reference as if it were talking about a verifier. This means you replace the words "verifying agency" with "verifier" in your mind when you read about it.

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34A: Regulations may grant or provide for exemptions from this Act or Food Act 2014, or

"Some rules can let people not follow parts of the Animal Products Act or Food Act if it's fair and necessary."

36: Director-General may require notification by recognised agency of termination of contracts, or

"The boss of animal products can ask an approved group to report when a contract ends."

Part 2Risk management programmes
References to verifying agency

35References to verifying agency

A reference in this Part to a verifying agency, in relation to a risk management programme, must be treated as if it were a reference to a verifier if a recognised person carries out the verification functions and activities for that programme without being employed or engaged by a recognised agency.

Notes

Section 35: replaced, on 31 August 2012, by section 7 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 59).
Section 35 heading: amended, on 2 March 2018, by section 89(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
Section 35: amended, on 2 March 2018, by section 89(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).