Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Week No. 18/2012 Friday, 4 May 2012 Published under authority by Containing numbers 45, 46 and 47 Department of Premier and Cabinet Pages 1131 – 1272 Level 11, Bligh House 4-6 Bligh Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Phone: 9228 3120 Fax: 9372 7422 Email: [email protected] CONTENTS Number 45 DEADLINES SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Animal Diseases (Emergency Outbreaks) Attention Advertisers . Act 1991 – Importation Order – Abalone (No 6) ............... 1131 Government Gazette inquiry times are: Monday to Friday: 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Number 46 Phone: (02) 9228 3120 Fax: (02) 9372 7422 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Email: [email protected] Death of Mr James "Jimmy" Oswald Little AO ...... 1135 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE DEADLINES Number 47 Close of business every Wednesday LEGISLATION Except when a holiday falls on a Friday, deadlines Online notifi cation of the making of Statutory will be altered as per advice given on this page. 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Department of Finance and Services Tenders SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE Information in relation to the Department of Finance and Services proposed, current and awarded tenders is available on: http://www.tenders.nsw.gov.au SEE the Government Gazette website at: http://nsw.gov.au/gazette 1131 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 45 Monday, 30 April 2012 Published under authority by Government Advertising SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ANIMAL DISEASES (EMERGENCY OUTBREAKS) ACT 1991 Section 28 Importation Order – Abalone (No. 6) I, THERESE MARGARET WRIGHT, Deputy Chief Veterinary Offi cer, with the powers the Minister has delegated to me pursuant to section 67 of the Animal Diseases (Emergency Outbreaks) Act 1991 (‘the Act’): 1. pursuant to section 28 and 29 of the Act revoke the notice titled “2nd Further Extension of Importation Order – Abalone (No. 5)” dated 3 April 2012 and published in New South Wales Government Gazette No. 38 on 5 April 2012, at page 888 and any notice or order revived as a result of this revocation; and 2. pursuant to section 28 of the Act on the basis that I reasonably suspect an area outside New South Wales to be infected with the emergency animal disease Abalone viral ganglioneuritis, prohibit the entry or importation into New South Wales of: (a) live abalone taken from Tasmanian State waters or originating in Tasmania except as described in Schedule 1; (b) fi ttings used in connection with abalone described in paragraph 2(a) unless such fi ttings have been cleaned and disinfected to remove traces of abalone or abalone product; (c) live abalone taken from Victorian State waters or originating in Victoria except: (i) live abalone from a Victorian abalone farm that is transported directly into New South Wales from that abalone farm and not via an abalone processor outside New South Wales; or (ii) live abalone taken from the Victorian eastern abalone zone which is transported directly to the Abalone Fishermen’s Co-operative Limited, 1 Commercial Road Mallacoota, Victoria and then transported directly into New South Wales; (d) fi ttings used in connection with abalone described in paragraph 2(c) unless such fi ttings have been cleaned and disinfected to remove any traces of abalone or abalone product. (e) live abalone that have been in contact with any: (i) water that has held; or (ii) fi ttings that have previously been used in connection with; live abalone described in paragraph 2(a) or 2(c) unless such fi ttings had been cleaned and disinfected to remove any traces of abalone or abalone product. Defi nitions In this Importation Order “abalone” means fi sh of the genus Haliotis. “abalone product” has the same meaning as “animal product” in the Act and includes abalone offal, gut, mucus or shells. “abalone farm” means a premises that undertakes abalone aquaculture. “certifi ed biosecure area” means an area that has been annually inspected and certifi ed as being biosecure by the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment . “fi ttings” has the same meaning as in the Act. 1132 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 30 April 2012 “Tasmanian State waters” means State waters as defined by the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 (Tasmania). “Victorian eastern abalone zone” means all Victorian State waters east of longitude 148° East. “Victorian State waters” means Victorian waters as defi ned by the Fisheries Act 1995 (Victoria). SCHEDULE 1 1. Live abalone that: (a) is from a Tasmanian abalone farm that: (i) is not within three kilometres by water of an abalone processor; and (ii) has complied with the requirements of the accreditation program described in paragraph 2 of this Schedule; (b) has not been in contact with live abalone from any other location; (c) is transported into New South Wales: (i) directly from that abalone farm and not via an abalone processor outside New South Wales; or (ii) from that abalone farm in sealed boxes via the certifi ed biosecure area of an abalone processor; (d) is transported in new Styrofoam boxes and accompanied by the documents described in paragraph 3 of this Schedule. 2. The accreditation program requires: (a) the abalone farm to have submitted samples, in the last six months, to a government laboratory to detect infection using a 2-stage sampling procedure in accordance with the table below and all samples were tested negative for Abalone viral ganglioneuritis by Polymerase Chain Reaction test; No. of grow-out tanks on farm No. of tanks to sample No. Abalone sampled per tank 22 or fewer All 95 23 23 58 24 24 46 25 25 38 26 26 33 27 27 30 28 28 27 29 29 25 30 30 22 31 31 19 32 32 18 33 33 17 34 34 16 36 36 14 37 37 13 38 38 12 39 39 11 41 41 10 43 43 9 45 45 8 46 46 7 47 47 6 48 or more 48 5 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 45 30 April 2012 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 1133 (b) the abalone farm to have written evidence of two satisfactory audits of compliance in accordance with the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment abalone farm biosecurity program (including no introductions of abalone stock except from equivalent abalone farms of equivalent status and twice yearly inspection by the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment); and (c) the abalone farm to have written evidence that all unusual abalone mortality events have been reported to the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, any investigation has been completed and the abalone concerned have been tested negative by a Tasmanian government laboratory for Abalone viral ganglioneuritis by Polymerase Chain Reaction test; (Note: advice on sampling requirements should be obtained from the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment). 3. All consignments of live abalone must be accompanied by: (a) a declaration form provided by NSW Department of Primary Industries and signed by the owner/manager of the Tasmanian abalone farm declaring that the importation conditions in this Schedule have been met (a copy of the signed declaration must be faxed/emailed to NSW Department of Primary Industries); and (b) a copy of the NSW Department of Primary Industries factsheet “General hygiene to prevent spread of abalone disease” available at http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/responses/avg2011/abalone-hygiene/_recache. This Importation Order remains in force for a period of 30 days commencing on the date it is signed, unless revoked or extended by notice published in the New South Wales Government Gazette. Dated this the 24th day of April 2012. THERESE MARGARET WRIGHT, Deputy Chief Veterinary Offi cer NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 45 1134 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 30 April 2012 Authorised to be printed ISSN 0155-6320 TONY DUCKMANTON, Government Printer. NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 45 1135 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 46 Tuesday, 1 May 2012 Published under authority by Government Advertising EXTRAORDINARY SUPPLEMENT DEATH OF MR JAMES “JIMMY” OSWALD LITTLE AO Sydney, 23 April 2012 HER Excellency the Governor announces that, following the death on Monday, 2 April 2012, of: Mr James “Jimmy” Oswald Little AO A State Memorial Service will take place in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, Macquarie Street, Sydney, on Thursday, 3 May 2012, commencing at 9:30 am. Her Excellency, with the advice of Ministers and with a desire to show respect to the memory of such a notable citizen, invites the attendance of all Members of the Legislature, Offi cers of the Government and other citizens who may desire to be present.