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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Animal exports

42: Application for animal welfare export certificate

You could also call this:

"Apply for a certificate to export animals from New Zealand"

You can apply to the Director-General for an animal welfare export certificate, unless section 41 says you cannot. You make this application on a form provided by the Director-General and it must have the information the Director-General needs. You also need to pay a fee if one is required.

You must apply at least 20 working days before the animal is set to leave New Zealand. The Director-General can allow you to apply later if something unexpected happens. If your application is missing some important information, the Director-General can ask you to fix it.

If you fix the application at least 20 working days before the animal leaves, the Director-General will then deal with it. If you do not fix it on time, the Director-General can still deal with it if they think there is enough time to consider it properly. You can find more information about restrictions in section 41.

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Part 3Animal exports

42Application for animal welfare export certificate

  1. Any person may apply to the Director-General for the issue of an animal welfare export certificate, unless restricted by section 41.

  2. The application must—

  3. be made on a form provided by the Director-General for the purpose; and
    1. contain, or be accompanied by, such information as the Director-General requires; and
      1. be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any); and
        1. be made to the Director-General at least 20 working days before the date on which the applicant proposes that the animal leave New Zealand.

          1. The Director-General may permit an application to be made other than in accordance with subsection (2)(d) if he or she is satisfied that unforeseen or unusual circumstances prevented the application from being made in accordance with subsection (2)(d).

          2. Where an application made in accordance with subsection (2)(d) or subsection (3) does not comply in any material respect with subsection (2)(a) or subsection (2)(b), the Director-General may request the applicant to make good the deficiencies in the application.

          3. If the deficiencies are made good at least 20 working days before the date on which the applicant proposes that the animal leave New Zealand, the Director-General must proceed to deal with the application.

          4. If the deficiencies are not made good at least 20 working days before the date on which the applicant proposes that the animal leave New Zealand, the Director-General may deal with the application only if he or she is satisfied that there is sufficient time to give proper consideration to the application before that date.

          Notes
          • Section 42(1): amended, on , by section 9 of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 53).