117Notice requesting assistance

117 Notice requesting assistance

(1) An inspector may by notice in writing direct an owner or person in charge or in apparent control of any premises, place or vehicle that the inspector reasonably suspects to be infected with an exotic disease to give such reasonable assistance specified in the notice as the inspector requires for the purpose of exercising the inspector's powers or performing the inspector's functions under this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a notice may direct the person to whom it is addressed to do any of the following—

(a) vaccinate any livestock belonging to or under the control or in the charge of that person;

(b) muster any livestock belonging to or under the control or in the charge of that person;

(c) confine, within an escape-proof enclosure or cage approved by the inspector, any livestock belonging to or under the control or in the charge of that person;

(d) repair any fence, cage, netting, gate, yard, enclosure or container to render it escape‑proof to the satisfaction of the inspector;

(e) provide any facilities, including yards and crushes, that the inspector requires to inspect, examine, treat, vaccinate or take samples from any livestock;

(f) muzzle any dog;

(g) disinfect himself or herself in a manner specified by the inspector before leaving any premises, place or vehicle.

(3) A notice under this section—

(a) must state the time within which the person to whom it is addressed is required to comply with the direction; and

(b) may specify the manner in which the direction is to be carried out.

S. 117(4) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 49.

(4) A person must not neglect or fail to comply with a direction given under this section.

1. 600 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.