Animal Products Act 1999

General obligations - Record keeping and reporting

77H: Regulations and notices relating to record keeping and reporting

You could also call this:

"Rules for keeping records and reporting information about animals and animal products"

The Governor-General can make rules about how people and organisations keep records and report information. You need to follow these rules if you are a regulated person, recognised person, or recognised agency. The Director-General can also make additional rules under section 167(1).

The rules can say what information you must collect and how long you must keep it. They can also say what information you must give to others and when you must give it, as stated in section 77G(1)(c). The rules can specify what you must include in your risk management programmes, as seen in section 17.

The Governor-General's rules are called secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements, explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. You can find more information about this in the Legislation Act. These rules help you understand what you must do to keep records and report information correctly.

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This page was last updated on 5 June 2025

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77G: Record-keeping and reporting requirements, or

"Keep and share animal product information as required by law"

78: Appointment of animal product officers, or

"The boss can choose people to help enforce animal product laws and give them special jobs to do."

Part 6AGeneral obligations
Record keeping and reporting

77HRegulations and notices relating to record keeping and reporting

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations prescribing requirements in relation to record keeping and reporting by regulated persons, recognised persons, and recognised agencies.
The Director-General may, by notice under section 167(1), prescribe requirements in relation to record keeping and reporting by regulated persons, recognised persons, and recognised agencies (in addition to requirements (if any) prescribed by the regulations).
The regulations or notice may (without limitation) do any or all of the following:
set requirements relating to—
1. what information must be collected:
2. how, and for how long, the information must be kept:
3. what information must be given under section 77G(1)(c) and when, how, and to whom it must be given:
specify matters in relation to record keeping and reporting that must be included in risk management programmes (see section 17).

Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 77H: inserted, on 2 March 2018, by section 121 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
Section 77H(4): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).