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.
- 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] - Field test in Containment any Genetically Modified Organism (NO-04)
[pdf - 211 kb] or [word - 365 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] - Develop within a containment structure any Genetically Modified Organism (other than by rapid assessment) (NO-03)
[pdf - 759 kb] or [word - 400 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 into containment any New Organism that is not Genetically Modified (NO-02N)
[pdf - 133 kb] or [word - 402 kb] - Import into containment any New Organism that is Genetically Modified(NO-02G)
[pdf - 150 kb] or [word - 413 kb] - Conditional Release - Import for Release or Release from Containment with Controls any New Organism (NO-CR)
[pdf - 205 kb] or [word - 406 kb] - Import for release a new organism that is not a genetically modified organism considered by rapid assessment (NO1R) [pdf - 350 kb] or [word - 1106 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 - 202 kb] or [word - 200 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
User Guides
- Making an Application to field test in Containment any Genetically Modified Organism under the HSNO Act 1996 [pdf - 280kb]
- Making an application to Develop within a Containment Structure any Genetically Modified Organism (user guide) [pdf - 222kb]
- Making an application for Rapid Assessment to Develop in Containment a Project of Low-Risk Genetically Modified Organisms V 3.0 (user guide) [pdf - 346 kb]
- Making an application to Import for Release or Release from Containment with controls any New Organism (user guide) [pdf - 359 kb]
- Making An Application for approval for the release of a qualifying organism by rapid assessment [pdf - 98kb]
- Making an Application to Import for Release or Release from Containment any New Organism including a GMO but EXCLUDING Conditional Release and Rapid Assessment (user guide) [pdf - 490kb]
- Making an application to Field Test in Containment any Genetically Modified Organism (user guide) [pdf - 359 kb]
- Making an application to field test in containment a new organism that is not genetically modified (user guide)[pdf - 236kb]
- Making an application to Import into Containment any New Organism (user guide) [pdf - 123 kb]
- Making an application to develop in containment outside of a containment structure any genetically modified organism or regeneration of a new organism from biological material [pdf - 402kb]
- Making an application for Rapid Assessment to Import into Containment Low-Risk Genetically Modified Organisms (user guide) [pdf - 106 kb]
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
- 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]
- Hybrids and the HSNO Act (information sheet) [pdf - 21 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 - 241kb] [word - 226kb]
- 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)
Other publications
- Checklist: Tracking progress of New Organisms Application Forms, User Guides and Templates [pdf - 130kb]
- Is that Plant, Animal or Bug already here? [pdf - 209kb]
- Policy relating to New Organisms
- Germplasm news
- Ministry for the Environment New Organisms publications
- Biocontrol Information Resource for ERMA NZ Applicants - provided by Better Border Biosecurity (B3)