New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STOCK DISEASES REGULATION 2009

- Made under the Stock Diseases Act 1923
- As at 1 September 2009
- Reg 429 of 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Savings

   PART 2 - TREATMENT OF STOCK

           Division 1 - Anthrax

   5.      Movement of stock vaccinated against anthrax

           Division 2 - Tuberculosis

   6.      Testing of stock for tuberculosis
   7.      Restriction on movement or destruction of stock tested for tuberculosis
   8.      Notification of suspected tuberculosis
   9.      Vaccination against tuberculosis

           Division 3 - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

   10.     Testing of stock for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

           Division 4 - Avian influenza

   11.     Testing of stock for avian influenza

           Division 5 - Vaccination against certain other diseases

   12.     Authorised vaccination of stock

   PART 3 - IDENTIFICATION AND TRACING OF STOCK
   Note

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   13.     Definitions
   14.     Exemptions
   15.     General provisions relating to orders made under this Part
   16.     Provision of information to authorised administrator and other persons

           Division 2 - Mandatory permanent identification of cattle, pigs, goats and sheep

              Subdivision 1 - Preliminary

   17.     Definitions

              Subdivision 2 - Identifiable stock

   18.     Approval, use and sale of permanent identifiers
   19.     Manner of permanently identifying stock
   20.     Requirement to identify stock
   21.     Stock required to be identified in certain circumstances

              Subdivision 3 - Additional requirements for cattle

   22.     Information in relation to cattle at saleyards
   23.     Information in relation to cattle held by stock and station agent
   24.     Information in relation to cattle at abattoir
   25.     Information in relation to cattle arriving at property
   26.     Information in relation to export of living cattle
   27.     Information in relation to loss, death or theft of cattle
   28.     Loss or theft of unattached permanent identifier

              Subdivision 4 - Additional requirements for pigs

   29.     Information in relation to pigs at saleyard
   30.     Information in relation to pigs at abattoir
   31.     Information in relation to pigs arriving at property

              Subdivision 5 - Additional requirements for sheep and goats

   32.     Information in relation to sheep and goats at saleyard
   33.     Information in relation to sheep and goats held by stock and station agent
   34.     Information in relation to sheep or goats at abattoir
   35.     Information in relation to sheep or goats arriving at property

           Division 3 - Voluntary permanent identification of horses and other equines and alpacas and other camelids
           Note

   36.     Approval and use of “voluntary” permanent identifiers

           Division 4 - Identification codes

   37.     Requirement for certain properties to have identification codes
   38.     Assigning of identification codes by district registrars
   39.     Renewal of identification codes
   40.     Inactivation and cancellation of identification codes and assignment of new codes

           Division 5 - Registers

   41.     Purposes of registers
   42.     District registers
   43.     Central register
   44.     Permanent identification register

           Division 6 - Miscellaneous provisions

   45.     Authorised administrator
   46.     Special identifiers
   47.     Sale and supply of approved identifiers
   48.     Alteration or removal of approved identifiers
   49.     Attaching permanent identifiers to cattle or carcasses already identified
   50.     Attaching approved identifiers that have been previously attached
   51.     Selling or supplying approved identifiers that have been previously attached
   52.     Approved identifiers attached to slaughtered stock
   53.     Attachment of approved identifiers for wrongful purpose
   54.     Manufacture, sale, supply and use of counterfeit identifiers
   55.     Additional identifiers
   56.     Inspector may take possession of unattached identifiers or branding devices
   57.     Inspection of records
   58.     Certificate as to identification codes

   PART 4 - MOVEMENT OF THINGS OUT OF QUARANTINE AREAS AND ACROSS QUARANTINE LINES

   59.     Definition
   60.     Permit for movement of things other than stock

   PART 5 - PERMITS

   61.     Application of Part
   62.     Application for permit
   63.     Revocation of permit

   PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

   64.     Authorised officers: section 7 of Act
   65.     Notice of bee diseases: section 9 of Act
   66.     Evidence of inspector’s appointment
   67.     Inspectors: section 17 of Act
   68.     Authorised officers: section 18 of Act
   69.     Communicating disease to stock
   70.     Feeding of prohibited substances to ruminants
   71.     Feeding of prohibited substances to pigs
   72.     Providing false or misleading information
   73.     Penalty notice offences
   74.     Defence to proceedings for certain offences
           SCHEDULE 1