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Herd Testing Regulations 1958

Made 1958-03-31 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
European Union
Country
New Zealand
Subjects
Livestock
Keywords
animal health, authorization/permit, cattle, research

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  1. Reprint as at 1 July 2013 Herd Testing Regulations 1958 (SR 1958/44) Cobham, Governor-General Order in Council At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 31st day of March 1958 Present: The Hon C F Skinner, MC, presiding in Council Pursuant to the Dairy Board Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations. Contents Page 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 Note Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint. A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint. These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries. 1 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195466 r 1 Herd Testing Regulations 1958 Reprinted as at 1 July 2013 5 3 6 3 Regulations 1 (1) These regulations may be cited as the Herd Testing Regula tions 1958. (2) These regulations shall come into force on 1 July 1958. 2 In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— Boardmeans the New Zealand Dairy Board constituted under the Dairy Board Act 1953 herd testingmeans the operation of testing milch cows in any 2 or more herds the property of different persons for the pur pose of recording the production of individual cows within those herds in respect of milk, butterfat, and other milk solids, or any of them. 3 (1) It shall not be lawful for any company, society, association, or person to conduct herd testing, unless it or he is the holder of a licence to conduct herd testing issued by the Board and complies with all terms and conditions specified in the licence: provided that nothing in this regulation shall prevent a farmer or a person in his full time employment from carrying out herd tests within the farmer’s own herd. (2) A licence issued under this regulation continues in force (under the chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s administration) until these regulations are revoked. (3) The chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, despite subclause (1), must not issue new licences, or amend the terms and conditions specified in any licence, under that subclause. Regulation 3(2): replaced, on 3 January 2002, by regulation 30(2) of the Dairy Industry (Herd Testing and New Zealand Dairy Core Database) Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/373). 2 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM97157 Reprinted as at 1 July 2013 Herd Testing Regulations 1958 Regulation 3(3): inserted, on 3 January 2002, by regulation 30(2) of the Dairy Industry (Herd Testing and New Zealand Dairy Core Database) Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/373). 4 For the purpose of regulating and controlling the conduct of herd testing the Board may employ inspectors, computers, clerks, and other servants, and may enter into contracts with individuals and corporate bodies undertaking or concerned in herd testing. 5 Every company, society, and association that, and every per son who, acts in contravention of or fails to comply in any respect with any provision of these regulations commits an of fence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding £50. Regulation 5: amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Proced ure Act 2011 (2011 No 81). 6 The Herd Testing Regulations 1936 (Gazette 1936, Vol 1, p 337) are hereby consequentially revoked. T J Sherrard, Clerk of the Executive Council. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 2 April 1958. 3 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM97157 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM3360714 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195097 Notes Herd Testing Regulations 1958 Reprinted as at 1 July 2013 Contents 1 General 2 Status of reprints 3 How reprints are prepared 4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) Notes 1 General This is a reprint of the Herd Testing Regulations 1958. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 1 July 2013, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/. 2 Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint. This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the prin cipal enactment and its amendments are contained. 3 How reprints are prepared A number of editorial conventions are followed in the prep aration of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked 4 http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/ http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195439 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195466 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195466 Reprinted as at 1 July 2013 Herd Testing Regulations 1958 Notes are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force. 4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted. A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also beenmade since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legisla tion reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint. In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the au thority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: • omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) • typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) • layout of provisions, including: • indentation • position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) • format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) • format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”) 5 http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195466 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195468 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195470 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195466 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195466 Notes Herd Testing Regulations 1958 Reprinted as at 1 July 2013 • position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act) • punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions) • Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly • case and appearance of letters and words, including: • format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial cap ital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) • small capital letters in section and subsection ref erences are now capital letters • schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accord ingly • running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) • format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chrono logical). 5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81): section 413 Dairy Industry (Herd Testing and New Zealand Dairy Core Database) Regula tions 2001 (SR 2001/373): regulation 30(2) 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2013 6 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM3360714 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM97157

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