Animal Welfare Act 1999

Animal exports

44: Decision on application

You could also call this:

"The person in charge decides if you can export animals after looking at your application."

When you apply to export animals, the Director-General considers your application under section 42. The Director-General then decides whether to grant or refuse your application. You will get a decision after the Director-General looks at your application.

If the Director-General grants your application, they may add conditions to the animal welfare export certificate under section 45. The Director-General will tell you in writing that your application is granted and an animal welfare export certificate will be issued if you meet all the conditions.

If the Director-General grants your application without conditions under section 45, they will issue an animal welfare export certificate to you. If the Director-General refuses your application, they will tell you in writing why it was refused.

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Environment and resources > Farming and fishing

43: Consideration of application, or

"Checking if it's safe to export animals from New Zealand"

45: Conditions, or

"Rules for taking care of animals when exporting them from New Zealand"

Part 3Animal exports

44Decision on application

After considering an application under section 42, the Director-General must decide whether to grant or refuse the application.
On the grant of any application under section 42, the Director-General may, under section 45, specify the conditions that are to be imposed on the issue, under section 46, of the animal welfare export certificate.
If the Director-General grants the application and, under section 45, imposes conditions of the animal welfare export certificate, the Director-General must forthwith notify the applicant in writing that the application has been granted, and that an animal welfare export certificate will be issued subject to satisfactory compliance with, or satisfactory arrangements being made for compliance with, all of those conditions.
If the Director-General grants the application and does not, under section 45, impose conditions of the animal welfare export certificate, the Director-General must forthwith issue an animal welfare export certificate to the applicant.
If the Director-General refuses to grant the application, the Director-General must forthwith give notice in writing to the applicant of the refusal and the reasons for it.