New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 - SECT 11A

11A Protected areas and protected (control) areas

(1) The Minister may by notification published in the Gazette declare any land therein described to be a protected area or a protected (control) area as regards any specified disease, and may by the same or a like notification restrict or prohibit the bringing into the area of any stock or any class of stock, or any artificial breeding material, carcass, fodder, fittings or animal products.

(1A) A protected (control) area is an area with a moderate prevalence of a disease.

(1B) A protected area is an area with a lower prevalence of a disease.

(2) The Minister may by the same or a like notification require any specified class or classes of stock or artificial breeding material within a protected area or a protected (control) area to be subjected to such test or treatment as is specified in the notification.

(4) Any land which is wholly or partly included within a protected area or a protected (control) area may be included in a quarantine area on account of the presence or suspected presence of the disease in respect of which the protected area or a protected (control) area was declared or on account of the presence or suspected presence of any other disease.