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Animal Products Act 1999

Miscellaneous provisions - Identification, differentiation, and security systems and devices

158: Identification, differentiation, and security systems and devices

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"Rules for tracking and securing animal products using special systems and devices"

The Director-General can approve systems and devices to help manage animal material and products. You need to know that these systems and devices can be used for things like tracking the quality of animal products or showing what an animal product is meant to be used for. The Director-General will look at whether a system or device can provide clear identification and not cause confusion with other systems.

When the Director-General approves a system or device, they can also decide who is allowed to use it and set rules for how it must be used. You have to follow these rules if you are using an approved system or device for animal material or products. The Director-General can set out requirements for the security of these systems and devices.

An approved system or device is one that the Director-General has approved under section 167(1). A system or device is something that helps identify, tell apart, or secure animal material, products, or premises. If you use an approved system or device, you must comply with any requirements set out in the regulations or a supplementary notice.

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Identification, differentiation, and security systems and devices

158Identification, differentiation, and security systems and devices

  1. The Director-General may, by notice under section 167(1), approve systems and devices for any of the following purposes:

  2. facilitating the management and auditing of risks in relation to animal material and animal products:
    1. marking the presence or absence in animal material or animal products of particular qualities or standards relating to the purposes of this Act:
      1. indicating the intended purpose of any animal material or animal product:
        1. supporting requirements in relation to official assurances.

          1. In determining whether to approve a system or device, the Director-General must have regard to the need to—

          2. provide unique, clear, and lasting identification, differentiation, or security having regard to the purpose for which identification, differentiation, or security is needed; and
            1. not create confusion with any other generally used systems or devices; and
              1. minimise the risk of misuse of approved systems and devices.

                1. The Director-General may also, by notice under section 167(1), do all or any of the following:

                2. set out persons or classes of persons who may operate or use approved systems or devices:
                  1. if a system or device is approved only if it is manufactured by an approved manufacturer, approve persons as manufacturers of the system or device:
                    1. set out requirements relating to the use and security of approved systems or devices:
                      1. set out requirements relating to the security of the processes used to manufacture approved systems or devices:
                        1. set out requirements relating to the approval of systems or devices.

                          1. A person using an approved system or device for the purposes of this Act must comply with any requirements prescribed by the regulations or any supplementary notice in relation to its use.

                          2. In this section,—

                            approved system or device means a system or device that is approved under subsection (1)

                              system or device means a system or device that provides for the identification, differentiation, or security of animal material, animal products, premises or other places, or other matters or things.

                              Notes
                              • Section 158: replaced, on , by section 157 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).