NAIT-accredited information providers
NAIT-accredited information providers will be able to provide information to NAIT Limited to help people in charge of cattle or deer meet their NAIT obligations.
Those likely to be interested in being accredited are those organisations that already manage substantial amounts of farming data in various capacities. This includes farm management companies, stock saleyards and meat processing plants.
Information providers and entities wishing to become accredited will need to meet defined criteria.
In October 2011, NAIT Limited consulted with interested parties on standards to accredit information providers and entities dealing with cattle and/or deer under the NAIT scheme.
The NAIT accreditation standard is now available.
Role of a NAIT-accredited information provider
Information providers, if contracted by a person in charge of cattle or deer, will be able to carry out one or more of that individual's NAIT information provision obligations.
NAIT obligations for cattle will be mandatory from 1 July 2012 and for deer, from 1 March 2013.
The NAIT legislation will require that people in charge of cattle or deer have a number of registering and reporting obligations. They will need to:
- get a NAIT number by registering themselves and their farm or property with NAIT
- register their cattle or deer with NAIT
- record when cattle or deer are moved off or received onto their farm or property, any off-farm movements of cattle or deer with NAIT
- declare the death, loss or export of live animals
- provide accurate information within set time limits and update it as required.
