Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Matters Relating to Agriculture and Agricultural Products Chapter 1 - Collection and sharing of data Section 29 - Requirement to specify purposes for which information may be processed
175.Subsection (1) obliges a requirement imposed under section 25 or 27 to specify the purposes for which the information required may be processed. The purposes must be in, or covered by, the list of purposes in subsection (4).
176.The purposes in subsection (4) are intended, among other things, to permit the processing of information in ways that help farmers and other producers to increase productivity, minimise waste and increase resilience to a range of risks.
177.The intention is, also, to permit the processing of information in ways that support animal and plant health through the collection and sharing of data on animal births, deaths and movements, disease signs and veterinary medicine use as well as plant imports and plant pests and diseases.