1 Clause 2(6) had not come into operation at the date of the publication of this version.
Legislative history
Notes
• In this version provisions that are uncommenced appear in italics.
• Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text.
• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.
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Repeal of Act
The Livestock Act 1997 will be repealed by Sch 6 cl 10 of the Biosecurity Act 2025.
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year
No
Title
Assent
Commencement
Livestock Act 1997
20.3.1997
22.1.1998 (Gazette 15.1.1998 p82) except Sch 2 (cll 1(d) & 2(7))—1.7.2000 (Gazette 22.6.2000 p3304) and except Pt 6 & Sch 2 (cl 1(a))—31.1.2001 (Gazette 18.1.2001 p68) and except Sch 2 (cl 1(h))—1.10.2001 (Gazette 23.8.2001 p3258) and except Sch 2 (cl 1(e))—1.9.2002 (Gazette 29.8.2002 p3212) and except Sch 2 cl 1(b)—1.1.2011 (Gazette 16.12.2010 p5696) and except Sch 2 cl 1(c)—1.1.2016 (Gazette 29.10.2015 p4741) and except Pt 7 & Sch 2 (cl 2(6))—uncommenced
Primary Industry Funding Schemes Act 1998
3.9.1998
1.10.1998 (Gazette 24.9.1998 p930)
Livestock (Commencement) Amendment Act 1999
District Court (Administrative and Disciplinary Division) Amendment Act 2000
20.4.2000
Sch 1 (cl 22)—1.6.2000 (Gazette 18.5.2000 p2554)
Agricultural and Veterinary Products (Control of Use) Act 2002
29.8.2002
Sch (cl 5)—29.8.2004 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)
Fisheries Management Act 2007
8.3.2007
Sch 2 (cll 6 & 7)—1.12.2007 (Gazette 15.11.2007 p4241)
Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009
10.12.2009
Pt 86 (ss 202 & 203)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)
Livestock (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2012
14.6.2012
22.8.2013 (Gazette 1.8.2013 p3318)
Statutes Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2013
23.5.2013
Pt 35 (ss 65—68)—17.6.2013 (Gazette 6.6.2013 p2498)
Statutes Amendment (SACAT No 2) Act 2017
28.11.2017
Pt 27 (ss 152 to 158)—4.10.2018 (Gazette 28.6.2018 p2618)
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Simplify) Act 2019
Pt 27 (s 55)—3.10.2019: s 2(1)
Livestock (Emergency Animal Disease) Amendment Act 2022
Veterinary Services Act 2023
7.12.2023
Sch 1 (cll 28 to 32)—1.7.2026 (Gazette 20.11.2025 p4496)
Biodiversity Act 2025
26.6.2025
Sch 5 (cl 44)—uncommenced
Provisions amended
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision
How varied
Commencement
Pt 1
s 2
s 2(1)
s 2 redesignated as s 2(1) by 7/1999 s 2
s 2(2)
inserted by 7/1999 s 2
s 3
s 3(1)
category 1, 2 or 3 offence
inserted by 25/2012 s 4(1)
fish
inserted by 4/2007 Sch 2 cl 6(1)
fish farm
inserted by 4/2007 Sch 2 cl 6(1)
livestock
substituted by 4/2007 Sch 2 cl 6(2)
notifiable condition, notifiable contaminant, notifiable disease or notifiable (report only) disease
notifiable condition, notifiable contaminant or notifiable disease amended to read notifiable condition, notifiable contaminant, notifiable disease or notifiable (report only) disease by 25/2012 s 4(2)
Tribunal
inserted by 51/2017 s 152
veterinary diagnostic laboratory
amended by 25/2012 s 4(3)
s 4
s 4(2)
substituted by 25/2012 s 5
s 5
s 5(5a)
inserted by 25/2012 s 6
s 6A
inserted by 25/2012 s 7
s 7A
inserted by 31/2022 s 2
Pt 2
Pt 2 Div 1
s 9
amended by 25/2012 s 8(1), (2), (4)
(a)(i) deleted by 25/2012 s 8(3)
s 10
s 10(2)
amended by 25/2012 s 9
s 10A
inserted by 84/2009 s 202
Pt 2 Div 2
deleted by 57/1998 Sch para (a)
1.10.1998
Pt 3
s 17
s 17(1)
amended by 25/2012 s 10
s 19
s 19(1)
amended by 25/2012 s 11(1)
s 19(2)
substituted by 25/2012 s 11(2)
s 23
s 23(3)—(5)
inserted by 25/2012 s 12
Pt 3A
inserted by 25/2012 s 13
Pt 4
Pt 4 Div 1
s 27
s 27(1)
amended by 16/2013 s 65(1)
s 27(2)
amended by 16/2013 s 65(2)
s 30
s 30(3)
amended by 25/2012 s 14
s 31
amended by 25/2012 s 15
s 32A
inserted by 25/2012 s 16
Pt 4 Div 2
amended by 25/2012 s 17
s 33
s 33(1)
amended by 25/2012 s 18(1), (2)
s 33(2a)
inserted by 31/2022 s 3(1)
s 33(3)
amended by 25/2012 s 18(3)
s 33(4)
amended by 16/2013 s 66
amended by 25/2012 s 18(4)
s 33(5)
amended by 25/2012 s 18(5), (6)
s 33(6)
inserted by 25/2012 s 18(7)
s 33(7)
inserted by 31/2022 s 3(2)
Pt 4 Div 4
s 36A
inserted by 31/2022 s 4
s 37
amended by 31/2022 s 5(1)
s 37(2a) and (2b)
inserted by 31/2022 s 5(2)
s 37(3)
amended by 25/2019 s 55
s 37(4)
amended by 25/2012 s 19(1)
s 37(5a)
inserted by 31/2022 s 5(3)
s 37(6)
inserted by 25/2012 s 19(2)
amended by 31/2022 s 5(4)
s 38
s 38(5)
amended by 25/2012 s 20(1)
s 38(6)
amended by 25/2012 s 20(2)
s 39
s 39(1)
substituted by 31/2022 s 6
s 39(2)
amended by 25/2012 s 21
s 41
s 41(2)
amended by 25/2012 s 22
s 42
s 42(1)
amended by 31/2022 s 7(1)
s 42(2)
amended by 31/2022 s 7(2)
s 42(4)
substituted by 31/2022 s 7(3)
s 42(4a)
inserted by 31/2022 s 7(3)
s 43
s 43(1)
amended by 25/2012 s 23
s 43(2)
substituted by 31/2022 s 8
Pt 4 Div 6
deleted by 9/2002 Sch cl 5(a)
inserted by 31/2022 s 9
Pt 5
s 47
s 47(3)
amended by 25/2012 s 24
s 48
amended by 25/2012 s 25(1), (2)
s 49
s 49(1)
amended by 25/2012 s 26(1)
s 49(2)
amended by 25/2012 s 26(2)
s 49(4a)
inserted by 25/2012 s 26(3)
s 51
substituted by 51/2017 s 153
Pt 8 Div 1
s 63
s 63(5)
inserted by 4/2007 Sch 2 cl 7
s 67
deleted by 84/2009 s 203
Pt 8 Div 2
s 68
s 68(2)
amended by 31/2022 s 10
s 68(8)
amended by 25/2012 s 27
s 70
amended by 31/2022 s 11
Pt 8 Div 3
s 72
s 72(2)
amended by 51/2017 s 154
s 72(8)
amended by 25/2012 s 28
Pt 8 Div 4
inserted by 25/2012 s 29
Pt 9
substituted by 51/2017 s 155
s 73
s 73(1)
amended by 51/2017 s 156(1)
s 73(2)
deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 22(a))
s 73(4)
substituted by 51/2017 s 156(2)
s 73(5)
deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 22(b))
s 73(6)
deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 22(c))
s 73(7))
deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 22(d))
Pt 10
s 74
deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 22(e))
s 78
s 78(1)
s 78 redesignated as s 78(1) by 16/2013 s 67
s 78(2)
inserted by 16/2013 s 67
s 80
substituted by 16/2013 s 68
s 80(3)
amended by 31/2022 s 12(1)
s 80(5)
prescribed offence
amended by 31/2022 s 12(2)
s 82
s 82(1)
amended by 25/2012 s 30(1)
s 82(3) and (4)
inserted by 25/2012 s 30(2)
s 84
s 84(1)
amended by 31/2022 s 13
s 85
amended by 25/2012 s 31
s 87
amended by 31/2022 s 14(1)
s 87(1)
s 87 redesignated as s 87(1) by 31/2022 s 14(2)
s 87(2)
inserted by 31/2022 s 14(2)
s 88
s 88(2)
amended by 9/2002 Sch cl 5(b)
amended by 25/2012 s 32(1), (2)
s 88(3)
amended by 51/2017 s 157(1)
s 88(4)
inserted by 51/2017 s 157(2)
Sch 1
amended by 31/2022 s 15(1)—(4)
Sch 2
cl 3
inserted by 57/1998 Sch para (b)
1.10.1998
deleted by 7/1999 s 3
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments
Livestock (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2012, Sch 1—Transitional provisions