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Animals Amendment Act 1991 (No. 95 of 1990).

Country/Territory
New Zealand
Document type
Legislation
Date
1991
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend the Animals Act 1967.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Pests/diseases Slaughtering
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The amendment concerns compensation for the compulsory slaughtering of affected cattle. Section 53AA of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection (2) the words "such compensation as is prescribed by regulations made under this Act shall be paid by the Crown out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose'', and substituting the words "an amount of compensation (being an amount not exceeding the maximum amount (if any) prescribed by regulations made under this Act) for the time being fixed by the Director-General, after consultation with the Animal Health Board established under section 13 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1953, may be paid, out of levies under section 44 (1) of the Meat Act 1981.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Amends

Animals Act 1967.

Legislation | New Zealand | 1967 (1993)

Keyword: Animal health, International trade, Authorization/permit, Alien species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX