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2‑1 Rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products and ratite meat products that are prescribed goods

(1) For the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act and subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, goods that: (a) are rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products; and (b) are intended to be exported as food; are prescribed for the purposes of the Act.

Note 1: For food, see section 12 of the Act.

Note 2: Rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products covered by this subsection are taken not to be prescribed goods for the purposes of the Act in the circumstances prescribed by section 2‑2 of this instrument (see the definition of prescribed goods in section 12 of the Act).

(2) If: (a) rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products of a kind referred to in a paragraph of subsection (3) are intended to be exported to a country (the importing country) as food; and (b) for the purpose of meeting an importing country requirement of that country, one or more requirements of the Act must be complied with; then, for the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act, the meat or meat products that are intended to be exported to the importing country are prescribed for the purposes of the Act.

Note: Example: Rabbit meat extracts would be prescribed rabbit meat products if a requirement of the Act would need to be complied with in relation to the meat extracts for the purpose of meeting an importing country requirement.

Note: The Act will apply to rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products and ratite meat products to which this subsection applies in the same way as it applies to goods prescribed for the purposes of the Act under subsection (1).

(3) The following goods are not prescribed for the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act unless subsection (2) of this section applies in relation to the goods: (a) soup, soup powder or soup concentrate derived from rabbit meat or ratite meat; (b) rabbit meat extracts or ratite meat extracts; (c) tallow derived from rabbit meat or ratite meat; (d) gelatine derived from rabbit meat or ratite meat; (e) regenerated collagen products derived from rabbit meat or ratite meat; (f) rabbit meat products containing less than 5% mass of rabbit meat; (g) ratite meat products containing less than 5% mass of ratite meat; (h) rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products for export in a consignment of not more than 10 kilograms; (i) rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products for export to New Zealand for consumption in New Zealand.