Stock Control Bylaw 2008

Stock control matters were consulted on as part of the proposed Traffic and Parking Bylaw, but were recommended back to Council as a stand-alone bylaw.

The new Stock Control Bylaw 2008 was adopted by Council on 19 June 2008 and comes into force on 1 July 2008. However, the stock movement permit requirement (which relates to moving dairy cows along or across sealed roads) does not come into force until 1 February 2009, to allow farmers time to work with Council staff to develop their permits.

The purpose of the Stock Control Bylaw is to control the management and movement of stock on roads, in order to protect people, traffic and stock, while safeguarding the condition of the road.

The main changes between the proposed Bylaw and the Bylaw adopted by Council are:

• clarification over which requirements relate to stock generally, and which relate only dairy cows – the form of the bylaw has been rearranged significantly to that consulted on to achieve this
• in relation to the use of the road by dairy cows, the changes are:
  • clarification that a stock movement permit is only required where a person moves dairy cows more than once in any week along or across any sealed road, whether or not the use is seasonal
  • the purpose of a stock movement permit has been clarified, including needing to show how the permit holder will ensure the safety of people, traffic and stock (such as the use of signs), and the means by which they will ensure the roadway is to be cleaned (to the Council’s satisfaction)
  • the stock control permit expiry has been extended from two years to three years, subject to compliance with the permit
  • the signage requirements have been clarified in cases where a permit is not required - to alert road users to the presence of stock or the hazard caused by the faecal matter of dairy cows
  • the requirements relating to dairy cows now only apply to sealed roads, not to unsealed roads
  • the underpass requirement and graph have been removed
• in relation to moving stock generally, the changes are:
  • signs warning road users about stock on the road now need to be placed 150m from the stock, and are only to be displayed when the stock is on the road
  • the ‘2000 vehicles per day’ and the ‘urban areas’ restrictions have been altered so that they are clearer
  • stock being moving on unfenced roads are now exempted from the general stock movement requirements

The new Bylaw revokes and replaces the Banks Peninsula District Council Stock Control Bylaw 1994.

You can contact the Council for a copy on Phone: (03) 941 8999 (Banks Peninsula 0800 800 169) or view the full report on the website: www.ccc.govt.nz/council/proceedings/2008/june/cnclcover19th/

Copies of the Bylaw are available at service centres, Council libraries and on the Council’s website at www.ccc.govt.nz/bylaws.