Biosecurity (Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Order 2018
2018/131
Biosecurity (Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Order 2018
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 6th day of August 2018
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
This order is made under section 45(2) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Biosecurity (Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Order 2018.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 10 September 2018.
3 Principal order
This order amends the Biosecurity (Notifiable Organisms) Order 2016 (the principal order).
4 Schedule amended
In the Schedule, item relating to organisms primarily affecting cattle, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
| Mycoplasma bovis |
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order, which comes into force on 10 September 2018, amends the Biosecurity (Notifiable Organisms) Order 2016.
It adds Mycoplasma bovis to the list of notifiable organisms in the Schedule as an organism primarily affecting cattle. The effect of this amendment is that the duty to report the presence or possible presence of notifiable organisms under section 46 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 applies to Mycoplasma bovis.
Date of notification in Gazette: 9 August 2018.
This order is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.