Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A person who engages in a regulated livestock management activity must not knowingly, negligently or recklessly act or fail to act in a manner that results in serious risk—
(a) to human health;
(b) to animal welfare; or
(c) to bisoecurity; or
(d) of spreading disease.
Penalty: in the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;
in the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.
(2) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the person was—
(a) acting reasonably in good faith; or
(b) acting reasonably in the public interest.
(3) An accredited livestock operator is not liable to be prosecuted for an offence under this section if the act or omission occurred in the course of operating under an approved compliance arrangement unless the approved compliance arrangement is suspended in respect of that operator under section 21 or 49.