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Section 63(a) approvals

The Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Act 1997 repealed the Animal Remedies Act 1969 on 2 July 2001. Under the Animal Remedies Act, the Board was able to issue section 63A approvals to allow experimental animals into the appropriate part of the food chain. The ACVM Group, in granting a section 63A approval, also ensured that the requirements of the Animal Products Act 1999 (or the Meat Act which it replaced) or the Dairy Industry Act 1952 were met. Now that the Animal Remedies Act has been repealed, existing section 63(a) approvals may no longer be valid.

Any company with a section 63(a) approval should contact the ACVM Group as soon as possible so we can arrange for approvals under the ACVM Act, the Dairy Industry Act and the Animal Products Act. The ACVM Group is currently developing an alternative mechanism for this purpose.

'Experimental animal' means any animal kept and used for the purpose of testing, developing, or producing any animal remedy or of experimenting with any such remedy; and includes the carcass or any part of the carcass of any such animal

(1) Except as provided in section 3 of this Act, no person shall manufacture or import any animal remedy otherwise than under the authority of a licence for the time being in force under this Act and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence was issued:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the manufacture of any remedy by the independent contractor of a principal, notwithstanding that the independent contractor has not been issued a licence in respect of the remedy, if that principal is the holder of a licence to manufacture the remedy and the remedy is supplied only to such a principal:

Provided also that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from manufacturing or importing any animal remedy, notwithstanding that a licence has not been issued in respect of it, if he ensures that the following conditions are complied with:

(a) The manufacture or importation is for the sole purpose of testing and developing the remedy or for carrying out experiments on or in respect of it:

(b) The remedy is not sold to any person:

(c) The remedy is not used on any animal except an experimental animal:

(d) If the remedy is used on any experimental animal, the animal is not sold in contravention of section 63A of this Act.

(1) Where any person maintains an experimental animal, he shall not sell that animal to any other person unless he has first obtained the approval of the Board.

(2) In giving approval for the sale of any such animal the Board may impose such reasonable conditions in respect of the sale or use, or both the sale and use, of the animal as may be necessary to safeguard human or animal health or both.

(3) Every person commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000, who–

(a) Wilfully sells any experimental animal in contravention of subsection (1) of this section; or

(b) Without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any conditions imposed under subsection (2) of this section; or

(c) Knowingly uses or permits the use of any such animal as food for human or animal consumption in contravention of any condition imposed under the said subsection (2).

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ACVM Group's New Invoicing System

On 1 September 2002 the ACVM Group began using our own invoicing system, which enables us to raise, print and send out invoices on the same day. This will cut down waiting time and will ensure that your applications move through our systems quickly and efficiently.

If you have any queries, please contact:

Sarah Smyth, Coordinator (Business Services)
Phone: 04 463 2553 or e-mail: sarah.smyth@nzfsa.govt.nz