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Arms Bill

Preliminary provisions - Interpretation

7: Meaning of animal and biosecurity controller

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"Who is an animal and biosecurity controller?"

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This proposed law change talks about what an animal and biosecurity controller is. You are an animal and biosecurity controller if you work for the Department of Conservation to control animals. You can also be an animal and biosecurity controller if you have a concession from the Minister of Conservation to do animal recovery work. You might be an animal and biosecurity controller if you work for an agency that manages biosecurity, like one mentioned in section 100 of the Biosecurity Act 1993. You could also be one if your business is to control certain animals, or if you work for someone who does this. Some business owners or workers might be animal and biosecurity controllers too, if having certain animals on their land would hurt their business a lot. The law mentions specific Acts, like the Wildlife Act 1953, the Wild Animal Control Act 1977, the Conservation Act 1987, and the Biosecurity Act 1993, which are relevant to being an animal and biosecurity controller. These Acts help explain what an animal and biosecurity controller does. You need to follow the rules and limits set out in these Acts to be an animal and biosecurity controller.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Interpretation

7Meaning of animal and biosecurity controller

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, animal and biosecurity controller means—

  2. a person who is employed or engaged by the Department of Conservation and involved in operations for the purpose of controlling animals in accordance with a specified Act (subject to prescribed limits, if any):
    1. a person who is the holder of a concession granted by the Minister of Conservation to undertake animal recovery operations in accordance with a specified Act (subject to prescribed limits, if any):
      1. a person who is employed or engaged by a management agency referred to in section 100 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 and involved in operations for the purpose of controlling animals in accordance with that Act (subject to prescribed limits, if any):
        1. a person whose sole business, or a substantial part of whose business, is providing services to control any prescribed animals, or a person employed or engaged by that person for that purpose (subject to prescribed limits, if any):
          1. a person who is the owner or manager, or is an employee, of an agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural business if there is a real possibility that the commercial viability of the business would be detrimentally affected to a significant extent by the presence of prescribed animals on any land used for that business (subject to prescribed limits, if any).

            1. In subsection (1)(a) and (b), specified Act means—

            2. the Wildlife Act 1953:
              1. the Wild Animal Control Act 1977:
                1. the Conservation Act 1987:
                  1. the Biosecurity Act 1993.