Comments are invited on the new proposed regulations governing the National Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme in a discussion paper issued for public consultation by the Ministry for Primary Industries.

The proposed regulations are for infringement offences and for establishing a panel to consider applications for access to the NAIT information system.

The discussion paper sets out 12 proposed infringement offences.It also sets out six proposed regulations for establishing the access panel that will consider applications to access data held in the NAIT information system.

Submissions must be received by 5pm on Wednesday 5 September 2012.

To review the discussion paper and for details of how to make a submission click here.