1. Revocation-The "Controlled Area Notice in Respect of Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatids) (Notice No. 1682)" notice, dated the 5th day of May 2010 and published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2010, No. 55, page 1520, is revoked.
2. Commencement-This notice takes effect on the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. Interpretation-In this notice:
Act means the Biosecurity Act 1993.
controlled area means an area for the time being declared under section 131(2) of the Act to be a controlled area and for the purposes of this notice includes the whole of New Zealand.
livestock means animals kept for use or profit and includes, but is not limited to, sheep, goats, cattle,
deer, horses, llamas and alpacas.
offal means all internal organs including, but not limited to, liver and lungs.
treated means either:
(a) boiled for a minimum of 30 minutes; or
(b) frozen to minus 10 degrees Celsius, or colder, and maintained at that temperature for at least
10 days.
untreated offal means offal that has not been treated.
4. Declaration of a Controlled Area-Pursuant to section 131(2) of the Act, I declare the whole of New Zealand to be a controlled area to enable the limitation of the spread of true hydatids (Echinococcus granulosus), being an unwanted organism under the Act.
5. Notice of Controls-Under section 131(3)(b) of the Act, I give notice of the following matters.
Within the controlled area:
(a) a person being the owner of, or in charge of, a dog must control their dog at all times in such a manner as to prevent it from having access to untreated offal (unless the untreated offal is derived from livestock slaughtered by a processor operating a risk management programme registered under the Animal Products Act 1999);
(b) offal derived from livestock must not be fed to dogs unless it has been either:
(i) treated; or
(ii) slaughtered by a processor operating a risk management programme registered under the Animal Products Act 1999.
(c) occupiers of land must dispose of, as soon as possible, dead livestock in a manner that prevents it from being accessed by dogs, including stray dogs.
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 2013.
KATHERINE CLIFT, Deputy Chief Technical Officer, Ministry for Primary Industries.