54Emergency disease: treatment or destruction of certain

54 Emergency disease: treatment or destruction of certain structures (1) The Chief Executive Officer may make an order under this section if the following circumstances apply: (a) a control program is established to control an emergency (b) the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied: (i) a structure in the program area used as residential premises (a residence) or mentioned in section 53(1)(c) or (e) (a structure) is infected with the emergency (ii) making the order is necessary to prevent the spread of the emergency disease.

Livestock Act 2008 32 (2) The Chief Executive Officer may make any of the following orders: (a) the owner or another person must treat the residence in a specified manner; (b) if the residence has been treated and the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied the treatment is inadequate to prevent the spread of the emergency disease – the owner or another person must destroy the residence; (c) if the residence has not been treated and the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that treatment would be inadequate to prevent the spread of the emergency disease – the owner or another person must destroy the residence. (3) The Chief Executive Officer may order the owner of a structure, or another person, to destroy the structure if the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied treatment of the structure under section 53(1)(e) has been, or would be, inadequate to prevent the spread of the emergency disease. (4) If the Chief Executive Officer makes an order under subsection (3), the Chief Executive Officer may also order the destruction of any equipment in or on the structure.