Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Declaration of Special Emergency Notice No. 1561

Pursuant to section 49B of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, I hereby give notice that I have declared an adverse event, the incursion of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta, to be a special emergency until 30 December 2006.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of October 2006.
JIM ANDERTON, Minister for Biosecurity.