Livestock Disease Control Act 1994
11Quarantine areas
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11 Quarantine areas
S. 11(1) amended by Nos 48/2010 s. 24, 40/2019 s. 51(1), substituted by No. 1/2024 s. 21(1).
(1) A person must not abandon livestock in or allow livestock to stray in or out of a quarantine area.
S. 11(1A) inserted by No. 1/2024 s. 21(1).
(1A) A person must not, without the written authority of an inspector, drive or cause to be driven any livestock into, through or out of a quarantine area.
S. 11(1B) inserted by No. 1/2024 s. 21(1).
(1B) A person must not, without the written authority of an inspector, remove from, or move into, a quarantine area any livestock product, fodder or fittings or any soil, sand or any other material.
S. 11(1C) inserted by No. 1/2024 s. 21(1).
(1C) A person must not, without the written authority of an inspector, move a vehicle into or from a quarantine area, whether or not the vehicle contains livestock.
S. 11(2) inserted by No. 40/2019 s. 51(2), amended by No. 1/2024 s. 21(2).
(2) An inspector may make a written authority under subsection (1A), (1B) or (1C) subject to any condition that the inspector considers is reasonably necessary to prevent the spread of disease.