Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 - SECT 25

Entry and exit points

25. Entry and exit points



(1) Any movement of a vehicle into or out of an infected place, and any
movement of persons, livestock, livestock products, fodder or fittings into or
out of an infected place or infected vehicle must be made only through a point
or points specified in a notice issued by an inspector to the person in charge
or in apparent control of the place or vehicle.

(2) The inspector must cause-

   (a)  the notice to be published in a newspaper circulating in the vicinity
        of the infected place; and

   (b)  a legible copy of the notice to be displayed at the points specified
        in the notice in such a manner that it can easily be read.

(3) A person who knows or has reason to believe any land, premises, place or
area to be an infected place or that a vehicle is an infected vehicle must not
go or move any other person, livestock, livestock product, fodder, fitting or
vehicle in or out of it except in accordance with a notice issued under
subsection (1).

Penalty: 360 penalty units or 36 months imprisonment or both.

(4) A person who goes, or moves any other person, livestock, livestock
product, fodder, fitting or vehicle, in or out of any land, premises, place or
area that is an infected place or in or out of a vehicle that is an infected
vehicle, where that person is not liable for an offence under subsection (3)
in respect of doing so, is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not
exceeding 60 penalty units.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the person is acting in accordance with a
notice issued under subsection (1).