7AMinister may declare unusual circumstances of disease or death in livestock

7A Minister may declare unusual circumstances of disease or death in livestock

(1) For the purposes of section 7B, the Minister may by instrument declare unusual circumstances of disease in livestock or unusual circumstances of the death of livestock including circumstances relating to the following—

(a) a class of livestock;

(b) the numbers of affected livestock;

S. 7A(1)(c) amended by No. 60/2012 s. 17.

(c) the clinical signs of affected livestock;

(d) environmental factors;

(e) geographical factors.

(2) A declaration under this section may specify the period during which the declaration is to remain in force, which may be no longer than 3 months after the declaration is made.

S. 7A(3) amended by No. 49/2016 s. 4.

(3) The Minister must ensure that a declaration under this section is published in full in the Government Gazette as soon as is practicable after it is made.

S. 7B inserted by No. 48/2010 s. 17, amended by Nos 69/2011 s. 47(1), 60/2012 s. 18.