The object of this part of the law is to help New Zealand trade animal material and products with other countries in a way that is good for the environment. You need to meet certain requirements so animal material and products can be exported from New Zealand. This part of the law also helps keep promises made by New Zealand about animal material and products safe, and it helps register people who export these products when necessary.

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46: Emergency animal product standards, or

"Special rules to keep people and animals safe in an emergency"

48: Exporters of animal products for human or animal consumption, and certain other animal material and products, must be registered, or

"People sending animal food overseas from New Zealand must register first."

Part 5Export of animal material and products

47Object of this Part

The object of this Part is to facilitate sustainable international trade in animal material and animal products from New Zealand by—
providing for the specifying of requirements that must be met in relation to all or any classes or descriptions of animal material or animal products for them to be eligible for export; and
providing for requirements and systems intended to safeguard official assurances provided by New Zealand in respect of animal material and animal products; and
providing for the registration of exporters of animal material and animal products, where appropriate.

Notes

Section 47: substituted, on 1 June 2005, by section 13 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).