Livestock Act 1997
Sch 1Requirements for control or eradication of disease or contamination
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Schedule 1—Requirements for control or eradication of disease or contamination For the purposes of controlling or eradicating disease or contamination by notice or order under Part 4 Division 4, requirements may be imposed— (a) prohibiting or restricting the movement of livestock, livestock products or other property used in relation to livestock into or out of or within the State or a particular area or place; (b) requiring action to be taken in relation to livestock, livestock products or other property used in relation to livestock including— (i) examining or testing the livestock, livestock products or other property or subjecting the livestock, livestock products or other property to a continued program of examination or testing at intervals; (ii) detaining or confining the livestock, livestock products or other property at a specified place for a specified period; (iii) vaccinating the livestock; (iv) subjecting the livestock, livestock products or other property to treatment or a course of treatment; (v) placing the livestock, livestock products or other property under the supervision of a person and requiring the reasonable directions of that person given in the course of that supervision to be obeyed; (vi) requiring the livestock, livestock products or other property to be kept, managed or transported in a specified manner; (vii) requiring the livestock, livestock products or other property to be identified by marking, tagging or other means; (viii) requiring the livestock, livestock products or other property to be destroyed, demolished or disposed of in a specified manner; (c) prohibiting or restricting the sale or supply of livestock, livestock products or other property used in relation to livestock or restricting the purposes for which the livestock or other property may be used; (d) prohibiting or restricting the carrying out of any artificial breeding procedure; (e) requiring land— (i) to be examined or tested (including a continuing program of examination or testing at intervals); (ii) to be subjected to treatment or a course of treatment; (iii) to be used for the destruction, demolition, disposal or decontamination of livestock, livestock products or other property; (f) restricting the purposes for which land may be used including— (i) prohibiting or restricting the pasturing or keeping of livestock on land; (ii) prohibiting or restricting the use of land for growing food for livestock; (g) requiring signs to be erected on land; (h) causing the constructing, reinforcing or repairing of any building, fence, gate or other structure or barrier, or the carrying out of any other specified security or containment measures; (i) requiring the owner or occupier of land to take action to examine, test, treat or destroy native or feral animals on the land; An order requiring such action may only be issued with the approval of the Chief Inspector: see section 42. (j) requiring the owner of livestock or other property (including land) in respect of which a notice or order is in force to notify the Chief Inspector of any intended sale of the livestock or other property; (k) if the disease is an exotic disease— (i) prohibiting or restricting the movement into, out of, or within, an area of persons, vehicles, vessels or aircraft; (ii) requiring the cleansing or disinfecting of person, place or property; (iii) requiring the muzzling of dogs (whether working or pets); (iv) prohibiting or restricting— (A) the holding of any market, fair, sale, show, parade, race meeting or other gathering or competition involving livestock or livestock products; (B) the delivery of livestock or livestock products to any abattoir, milk factory or other place to which livestock or livestock products are regularly delivered; (v) empowering inspectors to destroy and dispose of livestock that are found within a specified area if they are not under the direct control of any person or the provisions of the notice or order have apparently not been complied with in respect of them; (vi) directing the owner of, or the person for the time being in charge of, any real or personal property to place it in the possession of, or under the supervision of, a specified person and requiring compliance with any reasonable directions of that person in connection with that possession or supervision; (vii) requiring the destruction, disposal, eradication or decontamination of feral animals (including mammals, amphibians, molluscs, reptiles, birds, fish or insects), native animals or any other thing (including by specifying the manner of destruction, disposal, eradication or decontamination); (viii) requiring a person who is in a position to do so to stop any work or operation; (ix) requiring a person who is in a position to do so to close any place.