Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 - SECT 39

Possession or administration of exotic disease agents

39. Possession or administration of exotic disease agents



(1) A person must not-

   (a)  possess an exotic disease agent; or

   (b)  administer an exotic disease agent, or cause or permit the
        administration of an exotic disease agent, directly or indirectly, to
        any livestock; or

   (c)  threaten to administer an exotic disease agent, directly or indirectly
        to any livestock.

Penalty: 900 penalty units or 90 months imprisonment or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has the authority of the
Secretary to be in possession of an exotic disease agent and who is acting in
accordance with the regulations.

(3) In this section, exotic disease agent means any pathogen, agent or
organism that is capable of causing an exotic disease in livestock.

Division 6-General