There shall from time to time be appointed, under the State Services Act 1962, such advisory officers, instructors, graders, Inspectors, and other officers, as may be required for the purposes of this Act.

The Director-General may from time to time appoint such acting or temporary or part-time employees as he thinks necessary for the purposes of this Act, and, subject to any contract of service, may at any time remove any such employee from his employment.

No person appointed under this section shall be deemed to be employed in the Public Service for the purposes of the State Services Act 1962 by reason only of his being so appointed.

In addition to any other powers conferred on an Inspector by or under this Act, every Inspector may, for the purposes of this Act, at all reasonable times enter on any premises used, or which he has reason to believe are used or intended to be used, for keeping or producing poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products, or for the processing, grading, handling, packaging, storage, or transport of poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products, for the purpose of sale, and may there inspect the premises and any poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, poultry products, equipment, or appliance on the premises:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall authorise an Inspector to inspect any premises or part of any premises that are—

Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall empower any Inspector to enter into any dwellinghouse unless he is authorised in that behalf by a warrant under the hand of a Magistrate, who shall not grant such a warrant unless he is satisfied that the Inspector has reasonable grounds for requiring entry into the dwellinghouse.

Every Inspector who enters on any premises pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall, if required by the owner of the premises, produce and show to the owner the certificate or written authority which authorises him to act as an Inspector under this Act.

Without limiting the power to make regulations conferred by section 18 of this Act, regulations may be made under that section prescribing the conditions or requirements (including the requirement of having passed such tests or examinations, whether written, oral, or practical, as may be prescribed) that must be complied with before any person, whether employed in the Public Service or not, may act as a grader of poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products for the purposes of section 12 of this Act, or as a sexer, or in any other capacity authorised under this Act.

Any regulations made in accordance with subsection (1) of this section may include the requirement that no person shall act in any capacity referred to in that subsection unless he has been authorised in writing, or granted a certificate, by the Director-General, to so act.

Any certificate or authority granted in accordance with subsection (2) of this section may at any time be revoked by notice in writing to the person to whom it has been granted if the Director-General is satisfied that that person no longer performs the duties in relation to which the certificate or authority has been granted, or has habitually been incompetent or negligent in the performance of his duties.

No person shall be deemed to be employed in the Public Service for the purposes of the State Services Act 1962, or in the Government service for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1956, by reason only of being granted a certificate or written authority in accordance with this section.

The owner of any premises where live poultry is kept, held, or raised, or where eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products are produced, handled, stored, or hatched, shall maintain the premises in a hygienic condition.

The owner of any premises that are used for the processing, handling, grading, packaging, holding, or storing of eggs intended for sale shall maintain the premises in a hygienic condition.

The owner of any ship, aircraft, vehicle, or other conveyance, or of any appliance or equipment, that is used for the transport of eggs intended for sale, or of poultry, hatching-eggs, or poultry products, shall maintain the ship, aircraft, vehicle, or other conveyance, or the appliance or equipment, in a hygienic condition at all times when so in use:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any vehicle, conveyance, appliance, or equipment used by a retailer for delivering eggs to a customer.

The owner of any premises shall, in addition to complying with subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section, use hygienic methods, appliances, and equipment in, on, or about the premises.

Where an owner is required to maintain any premises in a hygienic condition, or to use hygienic methods, appliances, and equipment, he shall do so to the satisfaction of an Inspector, or, if standards of hygiene are prescribed, in accordance with the prescribed standards.

Nothing in this section shall apply to any premises that are—

An Inspector may, by notice in writing, require the owner of any premises or appliance or equipment to which any provision of section 7 of this Act applies to remedy, within such time as may be specified in the notice, any specified breach of that section, and to remove from the premises any poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products until the breach has been remedied to the satisfaction of an Inspector.

Every owner who discovers or suspects the occurrence, among poultry on his premises, of any disease specified in the First Schedule to this Act shall—

Every report received at an office of the Department of Agriculture under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall forthwith be forwarded to an Inspector.

Every Inspector on receiving such a report from an owner of poultry or from an office of the Department of Agriculture shall, as soon as practicable, inspect the poultry to which the report relates.

Where an Inspector finds that any poultry on any premises is affected or infected with any of the diseases specified in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to this Act he may, by notice in writing, direct the owner of the premises to comply with all or any of the following requirements:

Where an Inspector has cause to believe or suspect that any poultry may be infected with any of the diseases specified in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to this Act he may, by notice in writing, direct the owner of the premises on which the poultry is situated to comply with all or any of the requirements referred to in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (4) of this section.

If any owner fails or omits to do any thing which he has been directed to do in accordance with subsection (4) or subsection (5) of this section, an Inspector may enter the premises and himself do that thing at the expense of the owner, whether or not he has given notice to the owner of his intention to do so:

Provided that the owner shall not thereby be relieved from any liability that he may have incurred under this Act by reason of his failure or omission.

The amount of any expenses incurred by an Inspector under subsection (6) of this section may be recovered from the owner as a debt due by him to the Crown.

Where any poultry found to be affected or infected with any of the diseases specified in the Third Schedule to this Act has been destroyed pursuant to subsection (4) of section 9 of this Act, compensation shall be payable in accordance with section 42 of the Animals Act 1967 as if the poultry had been seized and slaughtered pursuant to regulations for the time being in force under Part III of that Act, and all the provisions of that Act relating to the payment of compensation in respect of the diseases specified in the First Schedule thereto shall apply accordingly.

The Director-General may from time to time provide for the accrediting of poultry flocks in respect of freedom, either wholly or to such extent as may be specified, from any disease.

Where a poultry flock has been so accredited, every person commits an offence against this Act who, in respect of any poultry or hatching-eggs that have been produced or derived from that flock and that he is offering for sale, makes any representation that is inconsistent with the terms of the accrediting.

Where a poultry flock has not been so accredited, every person commits an offence against this Act who, in respect of any poultry or hatching-eggs that have been produced or derived from that flock and that he is offering for sale, makes any representation to the effect that the flock has been so accredited or that the flock or the poultry or hatching-eggs are free, either wholly or in part, from disease.

The costs of conducting any test for disease for the purposes of this section may be recovered from the owner of the poultry tested as a debt due by him to the Crown.

No person shall carry out any such test unless he has been authorised to carry it out in accordance with section 6 of this Act.

No person shall—

unless the poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products meet the requirements so established for the grade or standard, and have been inspected, graded, marked, and packed in accordance with the requirements of any regulations for the time being in force under this Act.

All poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products that are to be classified by, marked or labelled with, or have applied to them, any grade or standard established by any regulations for the time being in force under this Act shall first be graded by, or under the supervision of, a grader who has been authorised to grade the poultry or eggs or hatching-eggs or poultry products, as the case may be, in accordance with section 6 of this Act.

No person shall sell, for human consumption, any poultry that he knows to be, or that shows visible evidence of being, defective, or that he knows is suffering, or that shows visible evidence of suffering, from any disease within the meaning of this Act:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply in any case where the disease or defect does not render the poultry unfit for human consumption.

No person shall sell for human consumption any eggs or poultry products that he knows to be, or that show visible evidence of being, unfit for human consumption, whether by reason of their being diseased or for any other reason whatsoever.

No person shall sell any poultry, hatching-eggs, or poultry products that he knows to be, or that show visible evidence of being, diseased or defective if the disease or defect would render the poultry, hatching-eggs, or poultry products unfit for the purpose for which they are sold.

In any prosecution for an offence against this section it shall be for the defendant to prove that any poultry, eggs, or poultry products, as the case may be, are not intended to be sold, or have not been sold, for human consumption, where that fact is in issue.

No person shall represent that any day-old poultry that he is offering for sale has been sexed, unless the poultry has been sexed by a person who has been authorised to act as a sexer in accordance with section 6 of this Act.

The owner of any premises used for the holding or storage of poultry, eggs, or poultry products shall hold or store them on the premises under such conditions as will adequately preserve and maintain their physical properties or, if requirements as to the conditions under which they are to be held or stored are prescribed, in accordance with the prescribed requirements.

Nothing in this section shall limit or affect any provision of the Meat Act 1964 or of any regulations for the time being in force under that Act relating to cool storage or refrigeration of meat.

Every person commits an offence against this Act who—

Every person who commits an offence against this Act for which no penalty is provided elsewhere than in this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding ten dollars for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.

For the purposes of this section, the continued existence of anything in a state contrary to any provision of this Act or of any regulations for the time being in force under this Act shall be deemed to be a continuing offence.

Neither the Minister, nor the Director-General, nor any person appointed under section 3 or section 4 of this Act, nor any other person authorised to act in any capacity in accordance with section 6 of this Act, shall be personally liable for any act done or default made by him in good faith in the course of the exercise or performance of his powers, duties, or functions under this Act.

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

Any regulations made under this section may apply generally throughout New Zealand or may be made to apply only within such area or areas as may be defined in the regulations in that behalf.

Any regulations made under this section may be made to apply only to poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products intended for export or only to poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products intended for consumption or use in New Zealand; and the operation of any such regulations, so far as they are applicable to poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products intended for consumption or use in New Zealand, may, if so provided in the regulations, be suspended, in whole or in part, by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, in respect of such poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry products or premises or parts of premises, or in respect of such class or classes of poultry, eggs, hatching-eggs, or poultry-products or premises, as may be specified in the notice.

Nothing in this Act shall limit or affect the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act 1947, the Health Act 1956, the Meat Act 1964, or the Animals Act 1967.

The following enactments are hereby repealed:

The Poultry Regulations 1941 are hereby revoked.