New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 - SECT 18

18 Proceedings in default of compliance

(1) Any person upon or to whom an order or notice has been served or given under this Act or the regulations who fails to comply with the requirements thereof shall be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this Act, and whether or not the person has been convicted of that offence such requirements may be carried out by an inspector or inspectors who may employ assistance for such purpose.

(2) All expenses incurred in so doing, including travelling expenses and a proportionate part of an inspector’s salary while so engaged and while travelling for such purposes and the costs of assistance as aforesaid, shall be recoverable from such person in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) The requirements of an order under section 17 for destruction or disposal must not be carried out under this section without the express approval of the Director-General or a person, or a person of a class, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection. That approval can only be given in a particular case.