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Animal Products Act 1999

Recognised agencies, persons, and classes of persons - Miscellaneous matters

112W: Notification to category or class of persons

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"Telling people about important information in a way that works best for them"

When a law requires you to be told about something, it must be done in certain ways. You might be told through a notice in the Gazette, or by reading about it in major newspapers at least twice. You could also be told by someone who represents your group, or if someone applied for your group to be recognised, they might be told instead. The Ministry might put the information on their website, send it to you by mail or email, or use another method that they think will work best.

The person in charge, called the Director-General, decides how to tell you based on what the information is and who it affects. They think about how important the information is and what your group is like, including how big it is and where you are located.

The Director-General can choose one or more of these methods to make sure you are told about the information. They want to make sure you know what is going on, so they pick the best way to tell you.

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Part 8Recognised agencies, persons, and classes of persons
Miscellaneous matters

112WNotification to category or class of persons

  1. If any matter is required to be notified to a category or class of persons or a recognised class under this Part, it must be notified in 1 or more of the following ways:

  2. by notice in the Gazette:
    1. by publication in all major metropolitan daily newspapers on at least 2 occasions:
      1. by notifying a person who the Director-General is reasonably satisfied represents the category or class or is an appropriate person to receive a notification on behalf of the category or class:
        1. if there was an applicant for the recognition of the class, by notifying that applicant:
          1. by publication, either temporarily or permanently, on the Ministry’s public Internet site:
            1. by mail or email to all members of the category or class:
              1. in any other manner that the Director-General is reasonably satisfied will ensure that the matter is sufficiently notified to the category or class.

                1. In deciding which methods of notification are most appropriate in any particular case, the Director-General must consider—

                2. the nature and significance of the matter required to be notified; and
                  1. the size and type of the category or class of persons and its characteristics, geographical spread, and degree of representation and organisation.

                    Notes
                    • Section 112W: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 59).