New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe objects of this Act are as follows:
(a) to establish livestock health and pest districts,
(b) to constitute livestock health and pest authorities and the State Management Council of Livestock Health and Pest Authorities and to establish the State Policy Council of Livestock Health and Pest Authorities,
(c) to confer functions on livestock health and pest authorities and the State Council including, but not limited to, functions relating to animal health and production, pest control, drought and natural disaster relief schemes,
(d) to provide for the funding of livestock health and pest authorities by a system of rates,
(e) to provide for the funding of the State Council by a system of contributions from livestock health and pest authorities,
(f) to provide for the sustainable management of travelling stock reserves and stock watering places,
(g) to deal with certain unattended and trespassing stock,
(h) to regulate the movement of stock,
(i) to provide for the control of pests, including by way of pest control orders and eradication orders.