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ANIMAL DISEASES ACT 1993 (NO. 61 OF 1993)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the Animal Diseases Act 1993.
2. Commencement
3. Repeal
4. Interpretation
PART II--ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY HYGIENE
5. (1) The Minister shall, by instrument, appoint a public servant who is a veterinary surgeon to be the Director of Veterinary Hygiene.
6. Acting Director
7. Delegation
8. Appointment of inspectors
9. Exercise of inspector's powers
10. Identity cards
11. Return of identity cards
PART III--EXOTIC DISEASES OF ANIMALS DECLARATION OF EXOTIC DISEASES
12. (1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a disease to be an exotic disease for the purposes of this Act.
13. Notification of diseases
14. Exotic disease quarantine area
15. Importation restriction
16. Ministerial direction
17. Destruction of animals and other property
18. Compensation for animals or property destroyed
19. Removal of refuse
20. Court proceedings
PART IV--ENDEMIC DISEASES OF STOCK
21. (1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette—
22. Notification of diseases
23. Endemic stock disease quarantine area
24. Ministerial direction
25. Detaining infected stock
26. Restriction on stock movements
27. Destruction of infected stock
28. Compensation for stock destroyed
29. (1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, travel or transport defined stock to or from an abattoir or a saleyard or any other place for sale unless the stock is tagged with an approved tag or, if the stock is being travelled or transported within a period of 28 days after the sale of that stock, with an approved tag—
30. Defined stock
31. Register
32. Applications
33. Allocation of tag numbers
34. Approved manufacturers
35. Manufacture and issue of tags
36. Tagging defined stock
37. Alteration of tags
38. Tags to remain with carcasses
39. Records of untagged stock
40. Emergency tags
41. Cancellation of tag numbers
42. Evidentiary certificates
PART V--ENFORCEMENT
43. In this Part—“disease” means an exotic disease or an endemic stock disease.
44. Entry to premises
45. Consent to entry
46. Search warrants
47. Inspectors powers—general
48. Inspectors powers—travelling stock
49. Public notices
50. Non-compliance with directions and cost recovery
51. A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a restriction specified in a declaration under section 14, 15 or 23.
52. Obstruction of inspectors
53. Self-incrimination
54. Spreading disease
55. Use of vaccines etc.
56. Abandoning infected animals or carcasses
57. Selling infected animals
58. Interference with structures
59. Corporations—penalties
PART VI--MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM FROM DISEASE
60. (1) The owner or occupier of premises may apply to the Minister in writing for a declaration that the premises are not infected with a specified exotic disease or endemic stock disease.
61. Review of decisions
62. Notification of decisions
63. Determination of fees
64. Regulations
PART VII--TRANSITIONAL INTERPRETATION
65. In this Part—“commencement day” means the day on which this Act (other than sections 1 and 2) commences; “repealed Act” means the Stock Diseases Act 1933.
66. Stock
67. Continuation of appointment of Director and inspectors
68. Direction for the destruction of stock
69. Compensation for stock
70. Declaration of defined stock
71. Continuing register
72. Application for a stock tag number
73. Stock tag numbers
74. Manufacturers
75. Authority to issue tags
76. Manner of tagging defined stock
77. Cancellation of tag numbers
78. Evidentiary certificates
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