6Governor in Council may make Orders

6 Governor in Council may make Orders

(1) The Governor in Council may make any Orders that are required for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Governor in Council may make an Order—

(a) declaring any contagious or infectious disease or any condition to which any livestock is subject to be a disease for the purposes of this Act;

(b) declaring any contagious or infectious disease or condition to which any livestock is subject to be an exotic disease for the purposes of this Act;

(c) declaring the whole or any portion of Victoria to be an area for the control of diseases other than exotic diseases and specifying the requirements which are to operate in the area;

(d) prohibiting or restricting the entry into Victoria of any livestock, livestock product, fodder or fittings either generally or from such places, during such periods and under such circumstances as may appear to the Governor in Council to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing the entry into Victoria of any disease.

(3) An order made under subsection (2)(c) may—

(a) prohibit a person from transporting, selling or handling livestock, livestock products or fittings within or from the declared area; and

(b) impose requirements to be complied with in relation to the testing, transportation, sale or handling of livestock, livestock products or fittings within the declared area.

S. 6(3A) inserted by No. 89/2001 s. 4, amended by No. 48/2010 s. 16(1).

(3A) Without affecting subsection (1) or (2), the Governor in Council may make an Order exempting, or exempting to the extent specified in the Order, any livestock or class or species of livestock (including diseased livestock) or any person or class of person that is specified in the Order from all or any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations.

S. 6(3B) inserted by No. 89/2001 s. 4. amended by No. 48/2010 s. 16(2).

(3B) An Order made under subsection (3A)—

(a) may specify the period during which the Order is to remain in force;

(b) may provide that its operation is unconditional or operates in circumstances or conditions specified in the Order or is subject to any terms and conditions that are specified in the Order.

S. 6(4) amended by No. 35/2009 s. 77.

(4) A person must not contravene any prohibition or restriction of an Order made under subsection (2) or any requirement of an Order which is to operate in the declared area.

(5) The Minister must ensure that an Order is published in the Government Gazette as soon as practicable after it is made.