Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Intention to Incorporate Material by Reference – Import Health Standard for Plants, Plant Products and Inanimate Pathways (Notice No. MPI 491)

I, Peter Thomson, Director Plants, Food and Environment of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), acting under delegated authority from the Director-General of MPI, give notice under section 142N(4) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (“the Act”) that, under section 142M of the Act, some or all of the following material, in whole or in part, is proposed for incorporation by reference in one or more import health standards for Plants, Plant Products and Inanimate Pathways developed under sections 22–24D of the Act:

  1. MPI List of Approved Treatments for Ballast Water (available at the Ministry for Primary Industries website)
    www.biosecurity.govt.nz/regs/sea-craft-ports/sea-craft/ballast-treatment

The following address is:

  1. where comments on this proposal to incorporate material by reference are to be sent; and
  2. where the material incorporated can be viewed free of charge:

Ministry for Primary Industries
Plants, Food and Environment
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140
standards@mpi.govt.nz

Any written comment must be received by the Ministry for Primary Industries no later than 10 working days after the date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of May 2015.

PETER THOMSON, Director Plants, Food and Environment, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).