Pork Industry Board Amendment Regulations, 2002

Pork Industry Board Amendment Regulations 2002 Ivor Richardson, Administrator of the Government Order in Council At Wellington this 22nd day of April 2002 Present: His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council Pursuant to section 50(1) of the Pork Industry Board Act 1997, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations. Contents 1 Title 2 Commencement 3 Number of directors per region 4 Entitlement to vote 5 Election to be held whenever vacancy occurs Regulations 1 Title (1) These regulations are the Pork Industry Board Amendment Regulations 2002. (2) In these regulations, the Pork Industry Board Regulations 1999 SR 1999/71 are called "the principal regulations". 2 Commencement (1) Regulation 4 of these regulations comes into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette. (2) The rest of these regulations come into force on 31 July 2002. 3 Number of directors per region Regulation 5(a) of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the words "2 directors", and substituting the words "1 director". 4 Entitlement to vote Regulation 21 of the principal regulations is amended by revoking subclause (1), and substituting the following subclause: "(1) Every person who is registered as a voter of a region is entitled to the following number of votes: "(a) a pig farmer who, on the 31 March before the day on which the election is held, owned 1 to 500 pigs is entitled to 1 vote: "(b) a pig farmer who, on the 31 March before the day on which the election is held, owned 501 to 10 000 pigs is entitled to 1 vote for "(i) every 500 pigs; and "(ii) any remaining number of pigs that is smaller than 500: "(c) a pig farmer who, on the 31 March before the day on which the election is held, owned more than 10 000 pigs is entitled to 20 votes." 5 Election to be held whenever vacancy occurs Regulation 22(2)(c) of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the words "region 1 and". Marie Shroff, Clerk of the Executive Council. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 26 April 2002. These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.