Consultations listing

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Animal Status Declaration (ASD) form. The ASD form was last changed in 2012. Since then, changes to our trade environment and the Bovine Tuberculosis Programme means that it’s time to update it.

This proposal is to make Aratika Reef the official name of a fully submerged reef between Bird Island and Forsyth Island / Te Paruparu in the Marlborough Sounds.

The proposal is to alter Hesse Glacier to Hess Glacier and make it the official name of the glacier southeast of Marion Tower and south of Snowdrift Range, approximately 50km northwest of Wānaka.

The proposal is to alter Pench Glacier to Penck Glacier as the official name of the glacier south of Maiti-iti (peak) and Mount Maori in Snowdrift Range, approximately 50km northwest of Wānaka.

The proposal is to alter Bruckner Glacier to Brückner Glacier and make it the official name of a glacier south-southwest of Humboldt Tower and south of Snowdrift Range, approximately 50km northwest of Wānaka.

This question we’ve been asked considers whether s CB 3 of the Income Tax Act 2007 can apply to amounts derived from the disposal of land. Section CB 3 provides that an amount derived from an undertaking or scheme for the purpose of making a profit is income of a person.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking feedback on a proposed Animal Products Notice: Dairy Preparedness and Response: Foot and Mouth Disease Incursion (Regulated Control Scheme). The purpose of the Notice is to enable a regulated control scheme for dairy processors for export, so that processors can maintain business continuity with a high level of assurance in the event of an incursion of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV).

This draft Operational Statement outlines a change of view by the Commissioner on whether cash collateral provided as part of security lending and derivative transactions is “money lent” and the resident and non-resident withholding tax obligations on interest payable on the cash collateral.