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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Miscellaneous provisions - Transitional provisions

189: Transitional provision relating to approved organisations

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"Rules for organisations approved to help animals under the Animal Welfare Act"

The Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Incorporated is an approved organisation under this Act. You know this organisation is approved because it is written in the law. The Minister can add conditions to this approval, which means the organisation must do certain things, like set standards for inspectors.

The Minister can impose conditions on the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Incorporated at any time by putting a notice in the Gazette. You can think of the Gazette like an official newspaper where the government publishes important notices. The Minister can also revoke the approval of the organisation if it does not meet certain criteria, which are set out in section 122(1), or if it fails to comply with any conditions imposed.

The Minister has the power to change or remove conditions that have been imposed on the organisation. This can be done by putting a notice in the Gazette, which is how the government tells people about important changes. The Minister can revoke a condition, replace it with a new one, or amend an existing condition, and you can find out about these changes by looking at the Gazette.

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Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions

189Transitional provision relating to approved organisations

  1. The organisation known as the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Incorporated is an approved organisation for the purposes of this Act.

  2. Despite subsection (1), the Minister may at any time, by notice in the Gazette, impose, as conditions of the approval of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Incorporated as an approved organisation, conditions relating to the establishment by the organisation of performance standards and technical standards for inspectors and auxiliary officers.

  3. Subsection (1) does not limit the power of the Minister to revoke the approval of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Incorporated as an approved organisation if the Minister is satisfied that the organisation—

  4. no longer meets any 1 or more of the criteria set out in section 122(1); or
    1. has failed to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (2).

      1. The Minister may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette,—

      2. revoke any condition imposed under subsection (2):
        1. revoke any condition imposed under subsection (2), and impose another condition in its place:
          1. amend any condition imposed under subsection (2) or this subsection.