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In New Zealand, the New Zealand Blood Service ( NZBS ) in 2000 introduced measures to preclude permanently donors who had resided in the United Kingdom ( including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ) for a total of six months or more between January 1980 and December 1996.

The measure resulted in ten percent of New Zealand's active blood donors at the time to become ineligible to donate blood.

In 2003, the NZBS further extended restrictions to preclude permanently donors who had received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom since January 1980, and in April 2006, restrictions were further extended to include the Republic of Ireland and France.