New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STOCK DISEASES REGULATION 2009 - REG 69

69 Communicating disease to stock

(1) For the purposes of section 20A of the Act, a person may communicate a disease to stock:

(a) for the purpose of preventing the stock from contracting that or any other disease, or

(b) for the purpose of treating stock for that or any other disease,

but only in the circumstances set out in subclause (2), (3) or (4).

(2) The person may communicate the disease in the course of treating stock with a stock medicine but only if:

(a) the stock medicine is approved for use in New South Wales by the Chief Veterinary Officer, and

(b) the treatment is carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions for administering the stock medicine.

(3) The person may communicate the disease in the course of vaccinating stock with a vaccine (other than a tick fever vaccine) but only if:

(a) the vaccine is approved for use in New South Wales by the Chief Veterinary Officer, and

(b) the vaccination is carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions for administering the vaccine.

(4) The person may communicate the disease in the course of vaccinating stock with tick fever vaccine, but only if:

(a) the stock is intended for export, and

(b) vaccination is carried out with the prior approval of the Chief Veterinary Officer or the Director-General for each animal to be vaccinated, and

(c) vaccination is carried out elsewhere than in:

(i) a cattle tick quarantine area, or

(ii) a tick fever protected area, and

(d) vaccinated stock is not permitted to enter:

(i) a cattle tick quarantine area, or

(ii) a tick fever protected area, and

(e) all stock to be vaccinated is, at the time of vaccination, individually identified in a manner approved by the Chief Veterinary Officer or the Director-General.

(5) For the purposes of section 20A of the Act, a person may communicate a disease to stock for training, research or diagnostic purposes, but only if the Chief Veterinary Officer:

(a) has approved of the training or research or diagnostic activity being carried out in New South Wales, and

(b) has authorised the person (whether as an individual or as a member of a class of persons) to carry out the training or research or diagnostic activity.

(6) This clause does not authorise a person to treat or vaccinate stock in contravention of any other provision of this Regulation.

(7) In this clause:
"cattle tick quarantine area" means a quarantine area declared on account of the infestation of stock by cattle tick (Boophilus microplus).
"tick fever" means either or both of the diseases anaplasmosis and babesiosis (bovine).
"tick fever protected area" means a protected area declared on account of the presence or suspected presence of tick fever.
"tick fever vaccine" means a vaccine to prevent tick fever obtained from the Tick Fever Centre of Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries.