Index
Application Forms
Sample Application Forms
User Guides
Quick Guides
Information Sheets
Institutional Biological Safety Committees
Other publications
Application Forms
We strongly encourage you to contact ERMA New Zealand for guidance before making an application. Applicants should also consult ERMA New Zealand's policy and protocols.
- Release a new organism with controls by rapid assessment [pdf - 536kb] or [doc - 464kb]
- Determination of whether or not an Organism is a New Organism (NO-S26)
[pdf - 295 kb] or [word - 215 kb] - Tranship Any New Organism Through New Zealand (NO-07)
[pdf - 265 kb] or [word - 213 kb] - Grounds for Reassessment of a New Organism in Containment (NO-06)
[pdf - 208 kb] or [word - 204 kb] - Application to field test genetically modified organisms in containment
[pdf - 646 kb] or [word - 502 kb] - Field test in Containment a New Organisms that is not Genetically Modified (NO-04N)
[pdf - 211kb] or [word - 202kb] - Importation or Release of a Qualifying Organism by Rapid Assessment (NO-03Q) [pdf - 118 kb] or [word - 266 kb] (to access this application form please contact one of the ERMA New Zealand New Organisms Application Advisors)
- Develop in containment a project of low-risk Genetically Modified Organisms by rapid assessment (NO3P)
[pdf - 222 kb] or [word - 158 kb] - Application to develop genetically modified organisms in containment
[pdf - 696 kb] or [word - 507 kb] - Import into containment low-risk Genetically Modified Organisms by rapid assessment (NO-02R)
[pdf - 143 kb] or [word - 293 kb] - Develop in containment outside of a containment structure any genetically modified organism or regeneration of a new organism from biological material (application form NO3O)
[pdf - 298kb] [word - 282kb] - Develop (by Fermentation) in Containment any New Organism that is Not Genetically Modified (NO3F)
[pdf - 255kb] [word - 253kb] - Import a new organism into containment (that is not a genetically
modified organism) (NO-02N)
[pdf - 516 kb] or [word - 508 kb] - Application to import genetically modified organisms into containment
[pdf - 700 kb] or [word - 508 kb] - Release a new organism with controls (that is not a genetically modifed organism) (NO-CR)
[pdf - 548 kb] or [word - 500 kb] - Release a new organism without controls (that is not a genetically modifed organism)(NO1R) [pdf - 548 kb] or [word - 500 kb]
- Release a genetically modified organism without controls [pdf - 716 kb] or [word - 508 kb]
- Release a Qualifying Organism(s) by Rapid Assessment Under Section 38I (NO1Q)
[pdf - 288kb] or [word - 1.07MB] - Import for Release or Release from Containment any New Organism including a GMO but EXCLUDING Conditional Release and Rapid Assessment (NOR-1)
[pdf - 252 kb] or [word - 144 kb] - Import for Release, Manufacture, Release from Containment, or any agricultural compound or Medicine in special emergencies (NO-SER-1)
[pdf - 178 kb] or [word - 294 kb] - Import, Release from Containment, or Use, any New Organism in an Emergency (NOE-1)
[pdf - 50 kb] or [word - 180 kb]
Sample Application Forms
- Making an application to import a new organism - Animal
- Making an application to import a new organism - Plant
- Making an application to import a new organism - Insect
Quick Guides
- Applying for a New Organism approval (quick guide) [pdf - 513 kb]
- Enforcement & Compliance for New Organisms (quick guide) [pdf - 521 kb]
Information Sheets
- Amending Approvals for New Organisms
- From the Lab to the Marketplace- A Strategic Approach for Scientists making HSNO Applications (information sheet) [pdf - 155kb]
- Conditional Release (information sheet) [pdf - 43 kb]
- Genetic Modification: an overview (information sheet) [pdf - 72 kb]
- Genetically Modified Food and the HSNO Act (information sheet) [pdf - 35 kb]
- Information Requirements for applications to Release a New Organism in a Special Emergency (information sheet) [pdf - 42kb]
- New Organisms under the HSNO Act (information sheet) [pdf - 33 kb]
- Special provisions for Medicines and Veterinary Medicines (information sheet) [pdf - 49 kb]
- Estimating the beneficial effects of biocontrol agents (information sheet) [pdf - 140kb]
Institutional Biological Safety Committees
- Application for Exemption from requirement to appoint a Māori member to the IBSC [pdf - 9kb] or [word - 30 kb]
- Criteria for becoming an IBSC to 31 December 2008 [pdf - 18 kb] or [word - 42 kb]
- Checklist/Decision Form for Developments [pdf - 210kb] [word - 150kb]
- Checklist/Decision Form for Imports [pdf - 240kb] [word - 225kb]
- Current requirements for delegation of power to 31 December 2008 [pdf - 37 kb] or [word - 78 kb]
- Māori Membership of IBSCs (policy)
- Requirements for consultation with the Māori Community on Rapid Assessment Applications (policy)