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8 Separation of livestock

A person who owns or is in charge of, or who possesses or has control of, livestock or a livestock product which the person knows or suspects is infected with a disease must keep that livestock or livestock product separate from livestock or livestock products not infected or not suspected to be infected with a disease.

120 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both, in the case of an exotic disease.

S. 8A
inserted by No. 48/2010 s. 18, substituted by No. 49/2016 s. 5.