Pursuant to section 34(2)(a)(ii) of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Act 2012 (“Act”), I, Stephen Stuart, acting under delegated authority as Chief Executive of National Animal Identification and Tracing Limited, which is the designated NAIT organisation, give notice of alternative time limits to those prescribed by Regulations made under the Act for the provision of information by any person in charge of animals (PICA).

The alternative time limits apply only to those PICAs with NAIT animals located within the below areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle:

• Tairāwhiti Region
• Hawke’s Bay Region

The alternative time limits are:

• a person registering as a PICA under section 27(1) of the Act must do so within five days of becoming a PICA.
• a PICA making a declaration under section 31(1) of the Act must do so within five days after the end of the day on which the animal movement ends.
• a PICA tagging an animal in accordance with regulation 20 of the NAIT (Obligations and Exemptions) Regulations 2012 must do so within five days after the end of the day on which the animal movement ends.
• a PICA making a declaration under section 32(1) of the Act must make it within five days of the animal death, loss or export.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of April 2023.

This extension comes into effect on the 7 April 2023 and expires on 28 April 2023.

STEPHEN STUART, Chief Executive, National Animal Identification and Tracing Limited.