Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 - SECT 24

Permit for entry or exit

24. Permit for entry or exit



(1) A person must not-

   (a)  enter or leave any land, premises, place or area declared to be an
        infected place or a vehicle declared to be an infected vehicle; or

   (b)  cause, permit or assist any other person to enter or leave any such
        land, premises, place, area or vehicle; or





   (c)  bring, move, take or allow any person to bring move or take any
        livestock, livestock product, fodder or fitting into, within or out of
        any such land, premises, place area or vehicle; or

   (d)  cause, permit or assist any vehicle to enter or leave any land,
        premises, place or area declared to be an infected place-

unless the person is authorised to do so under a permit issued by an inspector
and complies with any conditions set out in a permit. Penalty: 360 penalty
units or 36 months imprisonment or both.

(2) An inspector may issue a permit for the purposes of this section-

   (a)  subject to any conditions; and

   (b)  to be effective for any period of time-

that the inspector specifies in the permit.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), an inspector may issue a permit subject
to the condition that the holder of the permit, or the livestock, livestock
product, fodder, fitting or vehicle to which the permit relates-

   (a)  must first be effectively disinfected to the satisfaction of the
        inspector and in a manner specified by the inspector before leaving or
        being taken out of the infected place or infected vehicle; and

   (b)  must not go or be brought to any other land, premises or place where
        any specified livestock, livestock product, fodder or fittings are
        located.

(4) An inspector may revoke or vary a permit at any time by notice in writing
to the holder.

(5) If a permit given under this section is revoked the holder must, upon
request by an inspector immediately deliver the revoked permit to the
inspector.