Legislation
Administered by MAF as at the close of 30 June 2006
The Ministry administers approximately 50 Statutes and 180 sets of Regulations.
Public Acts
- Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997
- Animal Control Products Limited Act 1991
- Animal Identification Act 1993
- Animal Products Act 1999
- Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999
- Animal Welfare Act 1999
- Animals Law Reform Act 1989
- Apple and Pear Industry Restructuring Act Repeal Act 2001
- Biosecurity Act 1993
- Commodity Levies Act 1990
- Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001
- Food Act 1981
- Forestry Encouragement Act 1962
- Forestry Rights Registration Act 1983
- Forests Act 1949
- Forests (West Coast Accord) Act 2000
- Franklin-Manukau Pests Destruction Act 1971
- Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (in respect of new organisms by virtue of section 97A)
- Hop Industry Restructuring Act 2003
- Irrigation Schemes Act 1990
- Kiwifruit Industry Restructuring Act 1999
- Meat Act 1981 [to be repealed 1 July 2006]
- Meat Board Act 2004
- Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1998
- New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Act 1987
- Phosphate Commission of NZ Dissolution Act 1989
- Plants Act 1970
- Pork Industry Board Act 1997
- Potato Industry Act Repeal Act 1988
- Poultry Board Act Repeal Act 1989
- Primary Products Marketing Act 1953
- Public Works Act 1981 (Part XIX)
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Act 1953
- Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre (Wairarapa) Act 1969
- Veterinarians Act 2005
- Wine Act 2003
- Wool Industry Restructuring Act 2003
Private Acts
- Auckland Agricultural Pastoral and Industrial Shows Board Act 1972
- Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Empowering Act 1982
- Clevedon Agricultural and Pastoral Association Empowering Act 1994
- Kumeu District Agricultural and Horticultural Society Act 1991
- Marlborough Agricultural and Pastoral Association Empowering Act 1974
- Palmerston North Showgrounds Act 1974
- Telford Farm Training Institute Act 1963
- Tokoroa Agricultural and Pastoral Association Empowering Act 1968
- United Wheatgrowers Act 1936
- Waikato Show Trust Act 1965
Subordinate Legislation
- Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Appeals Regulations 1934 (Gazette 1934, Vol 2, p 2123)
- Agricultural Chemicals (Paraquat Specifications) Notice 1979 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Agricultural Chemicals (2,4,5-T Specification) Notice 1973 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Animal Feed) Order 2006
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act Commencement Order 2001
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2001
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2002
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2002
- Agricultural Pests (Exemption of Domestic Rabbits) Order 1994
- Animal Control Products Limited Vesting Order 1992
- Animal Products Act Commencement Order 2000
- Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005
- Animal Products (Dairy Industry Fees and Charges) Regulations 2005
- Animal Products (Definition of Primary Processor) Notice 2000
- Animal Products (Exemptions and Inclusions) Order 2000
- Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2002
- Animal Products Regulations 2000
- Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme-Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish) Regulations 2006
- Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme – Contaminant Monitoring and Surveillance) Regulations 2004
- Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme – Limited Processing Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001
- Animal Remedies (Develvetting) Regulations 1994
- Animal Remedies (Fees) Regulations 1997
- Animal Remedies Regulations 1980
- Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code of Welfare 2003
- Animal Welfare (Circuses) Code of Welfare 2005
- Animal Welfare (Codes of Welfare Extension) Order 2003
- Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code of Welfare 2002
- Animal Welfare (Continuation of Bylaws) Order 2005
- Animal Welfare Export Certificate Regulations 1999
- Animal Welfare (Forms) Regulations 1999
- Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare 2005
- Animal Welfare (Painful Husbandry Procedures) Code of Welfare 2005
- Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005
- Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Regulations 1999
- Animal Welfare (Rodeos) Code of Welfare 2003
- Animal Welfare (Zoos) Code of Welfare 2005
- Animals Amendment Act Commencement Order 1989
- Animals Protection (Docking of Tails) Regulations 1972
- Berryfruit Levy Act Extension Order 1974
- Berryfruit Marketing Licensing Authority (Dissolution) Regulations 1991
- Biosecurity (American Foulbrood – Apiary and Beekeeper Levy) Order 2003
- Biosecurity (Animal Identification Systems) Regulations 1999
- Biosecurity (Auckland Regional Plant Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Bay of Plenty Regional Animal Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1999
- Biosecurity (Bay of Plenty Regional Plant Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1999
- Biosecurity (Bovine Tuberculosis-Cattle Levy) Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Bovine Tuberculosis-Otago Land Levy) Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Canterbury Regional Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Costs) Regulations 2003
- Biosecurity (Deer and Other Testing Costs) Regulations 1998
- Biosecurity (Forms) Regulations 1995
- Biosecurity (Gisborne District Plant and Animal Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Gypsy Moth Levy) Order 2004
- Biosecurity (Hawkes Bay Regional Animal Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Hawkes Bay Regional Plant Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Imported Animals, Embryos, and Semen Information) Regulations 1999
- Biosecurity (Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council Regional Animal Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council Regional Plant Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Marlborough Regional Plant Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Marlborough Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Meat and Food Waste for Pigs) Regulations 2005
- Biosecurity (National American Foulbrood Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998
- Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998
- Biosecurity (National (South Island) Varroa Pest Management Strategy) Order 2005
- Biosecurity (Northland Regional Pest Management Strategies) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Notifiable Organisms) Order 2002
- Biosecurity (Otago Regional Pest Plant Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Otago Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy (Including Hares and Chinchillas)) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Resource Management Act Exemption) Regulations 2005
- Biosecurity (Resource Management Act Exemption) Regulations 2006
- Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999
- Biosecurity (Small Scale Organism Management) Order 1993
- Biosecurity (Southland Regional Pest Plants Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Southland Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Taranaki Regional Plant Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Tasman-Nelson Regional Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Varroa (South Island) Beekeeper Levy) Order 2005
- Biosecurity (Waikato Regional Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Biosecurity (Wellington Regional Plant Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998
- Citrus Marketing Authority (Dissolution) Regulations 1981
- Commodity Levies (Arable Crops) Order 2000
- Commodity Levies (Asparagus) Order 2006 [comes into force on 17 July 2006]
- Commodity Levies (Avocados) Order 2001
- Commodity Levies (Blackcurrants) Order 2001
- Commodity Levies (Blueberries) Order 2001
- Commodity Levies (Eggs) Order 2004
- Commodity Levies (Farmed Deer Products) Order 2001
- Commodity Levies (Feijoas) Order 2001
- Commodity Levies (Meat) Order 2004
- Commodity Levies (Milksolids) Order 2003
- Commodity Levies (Nashi Asian Pears) Order 2006.
- Commodity Levies (Naval Oranges) Order 2006
- Commodity Levies (Non-Proprietary and Uncertified Herbage Seeds) Order 2003
- Commodity Levies (Orchard Fruit) Order 2001
- Commodity Levies (Passionfruit) Order 2002
- Commodity Levies (Pipfruit) Order 2000
- Commodity Levies (Satsuma Mandarins) Order 2003
- Commodity Levies (Summerfruit) Order 2002
- Commodity Levies (Tamarillos) Order 2003
- Commodity Levies (Vegetables) Order 2001
- Commodity Levies (Wheat Grain) Order 2002
- Commodity Levies (Winegrapes) Order 2004
- Commodity Levies (Wool) Order 2004
- Dairy Industry (Application Fees and Fonterra Levy) Regulations 2004
- Dairy Industry (Fonterra Levy) Regulations 2005
- Dairy Industry (Fonterra Levy) Regulations 2006 [comes into force on 17 July 2006]
- Dairy Industry (Herd Testing and New Zealand Dairy Core Database) Regulations 2001
- Dairy Industry (IMA Certification) Regulations 2000
- Dairy Industry (Livestock Improvement Corporation Levy) Regulations 2002
- Dairy Industry (Livestock Improvement Corporation Levy) Regulations 2003
- Dairy Industry (National Residue Monitoring Programme) Regulations 2002
- Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk) Regulations 2001
- Deer Industry New Zealand Regulations 2004
- Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985
- Fish Export Processing Regulations 1995 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Food Act Commencement Order 1984
- Food (Fees and Charges) Regulations 1997
- Food Hygiene Regulations 1974
- Food (Safety) Regulations 2002
- Forest Service Fees and Charges Regulations 1953
- Forestry (East Coast) Grants Regulations 2000
- Forestry Encouragement Grants Regulations 1983
- Forestry Encouragement Loans Regulations 1967
- Forestry (Indigenous Timber Milling) Regulations 1993
- Forestry Rights Registration Act Commencement Order 1983
- Game Regulations 1975 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Herd Testing Regulations 1958
- Honey Marketing Authority (Dissolution) Regulations 1983
- Horticultural Prescribed Products and New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Orders Revocation Order 1998
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Apricots) Order 1987
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Avocados) Order 1989
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Blackcurrants) Order 1990
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Boysenberries) Order 1990
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Buttercup Squash) Order 1988
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Garlic) Revocation Order 1999
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Nectarines) Order 1987
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Peaches) Order 1987
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Persimmons) Order 1988
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Plums) Order 1987
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Sweet Cherries) Order 1987
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Table Grapes) Order 2006
- Horticultural Prescribed Products (Tamarillos) Order 1991
- Indigenous Forest Timber Advisory Committee Regulations 1966
- Irrigation Schemes (Ida Valley Irrigation Company Limited Vesting Order No.1) Order 1993 (Gaz.p.588)
- Kiwifruit Export Regulations 1999
- Margarine Regulations 1940
- Meat (Game and Stock) Order 1998 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Meat (Payments) Regulations 1990 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Meat Regulations 1969 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- New Zealand (Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code) Food Standards 2002
- New Zealand (Bee Product Warning Statements – Dietary Supplements) Food Standards 2002
- New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2005
- New Zealand (Milk and Milk Products Processing) Food Standards 2002
- New Zealand (Prescribed Foods) Food Standards 2002
- New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables Regulations 1975
- New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority (Chestnuts) Order 1997
- New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority (Fees) Regulations 2002
- New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority (Kiwifruit for Export to Australia) Order 2003
- New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority (Nashi/Asian Pear) Order 1994
- New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority (Truffles) Order 2002
- Orchard Levy Act Extension Order 1981
- Pesticides Act Commencement Order 1981
- Pesticides Act Commencement Order 1983
- Pesticides Amendment Act Commencement Order 1994
- Pesticides (Bacterial and Fungal Preparations) Order 1984 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Pesticides (Fees) Regulations 1997
- Pesticides (Organochlorine) Notice 1984 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Pesticides (Organotin Antifouling Paints) Regulations 1993 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Pesticides Regulations 1983 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Pesticides (Vertebrate Pest Control) Regulations 1983 [to be revoked 1 July 2006]
- Pork Industry Board Regulations 1999
- Raspberry Marketing Authorities (Dissolution) Regulations 1999
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Examinations Approval Notices 1957, 1961, 1971, 1982 and 1985
- Telford Farm Training Institute Order 1979
- Timber Floating Regulations 1955
- Timber Industry Training Centre Advisory Committee Regulations 1966
- Timber Production Advisory Committee Regulations 1949
- Timber Regulations 1948
- Vegetables Levy Extension Order 1979
- Vegetables Levy Extension Order 1987
- Vegetables Levy Regulations 1958
- Wine Act Commencement Order 2005
- Wine (Grape Wine Levy) Order 2005
- Wine Regulations 2006
Contact for Enquiries
Strategy and Performance Group
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington
Tel: +64 4 894 0100
Fax: +64 4 894 0738
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