4Commercial agricultural activities do not constitute nuisance

4 Commercial agricultural activities do not constitute nuisance

4 Commercial agricultural activities do not constitute nuisance

No action lies in respect of nuisance by reason only of the carrying out of any of the following activities if the activity is carried out lawfully and not negligently and that type of activity has been carried out on the land for at least 12 months—

(a) a commercial agricultural activity,

(b) an activity carried out for the purposes of any of the following—

(i) any business or undertaking in which cattle, poultry, pigs, goats, horses, sheep or other livestock are kept or bred for commercial purposes (for example, a dairy, saleyard or feedlot),

(ii) a business or undertaking for the commercial production of products derived from the slaughter of animals (including poultry) or the processing of skins or wool of animals, including abattoirs, knackeries, tanneries, woolscours and rendering plants,

(iii) a business or undertaking for forestry (including timber mills) or aquaculture,

(iv) a show or competition involving livestock (including a rodeo).