53Orders

53 Orders (1) For a control program, the Chief Inspector may make any of the following orders: (a) the owner of controlled livestock must take any of the following actions: (i) locate and assemble the controlled livestock for testing, inspection, treatment or valuation; (ii) mark, brand or affix tags to the controlled livestock for their identification; (iii) erect or maintain facilities to be used for testing the controlled livestock; (iv) test the controlled livestock using a test specified in a notice under section 51; (v) treat the controlled livestock; (vi) erect, repair or maintain fences or structures to ensure the controlled livestock are contained; (vii) move or restrict the movement of the controlled livestock;

Livestock Act 2008 30 (viii) move the controlled livestock to an abattoir for slaughter; (ix) destroy the controlled livestock; (x) any other action specified in the order that is reasonably required to implement the control program; (b) the owner of livestock in the program area that are not controlled livestock must treat or destroy livestock specified in the order to protect the health and welfare of other livestock; (c) the owner of a property on which controlled livestock are kept, or have been kept, must treat the land and any structure or equipment on the property; (d) the owner of a property in the program area must erect, repair or maintain fences; (e) the owner of a structure or place with which controlled livestock have been in contact must treat the structure or place and any equipment in or on the structure or at the place; (f) the owner of fodder, equipment or an animal product in the program area must treat or destroy it; (g) the owner of any other thing in the program area that may be affected by the notifiable disease must treat or destroy it. Example for subsection (1)(b) An order may be that certain livestock be destroyed because of overcrowding resulting from actions taken under the control program. (2) Instead of ordering a person to take an action under subsection (1), the Chief Inspector may take the action. (3) The Chief Inspector may, by Gazette notice and a notice published in a newspaper circulating in the program area, give an order mentioned in subsection (1) to a class of owners. (4) A person given an order under this section must not contravene the order.

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