Livestock Industry
NAIT will be mandatory for cattle from 1 July 2012, and for deer from 1 March 2013.
Sale yard operators have specific obligations under the NAIT scheme. You will be required to report information to NAIT about animal movements to, and from, your sale yards.
You will be able to submit information to the NAIT database either system-to-system or over the internet.
Your NAIT requirements
RFID tag reading requirements
We encourage you to have RFID readers installed and able to accurately read NAIT-approved RFID tags at each of your sale yards ready for when NAIT becomes mandatory.
Readers can be handheld or fixed, and located at your discretion.
Software and systems
We encourage you to update your software and systems so you will be able to record animal movements to and from sale yards onto the NAIT database.
We will work with you to make sure that your systems are compatible with NAIT, and will provide the NAIT database's technical specifications, either to you or your software supplier, in case you need to update your systems.
Appointing a Person in Charge of Animals (PICA) requirement
You will need to appoint a PICA (person in charge of animals) at each sale yard you operate at. They will be responsible for meeting NAIT obligations.
Become NAIT-accredited
Your organisation may also be interested in becoming NAIT-accredited.
This means you can record animal movements to the sale yard you operate at on behalf of the sending farmer.
Need help?
For more information related to your requirements, please contact:
Tony Corcoran
Email: tony.corcoran@nait.co.nz
Mobile: 027 493 9551
