Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 - SECT 6

Governor in Council may make Orders

6. Governor in Council may make Orders



(1) The Governor in Council may make any Orders that are required for the
purposes of this Act.

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Governor in
Council may make an Order-

   (a)  declaring any contagious or infectious disease or any condition to
        which any livestock is subject to be a disease for the purposes of
        this Act;

   (b)  declaring any contagious or infectious disease or condition to which
        any livestock is subject to be an exotic disease for the purposes of
        this Act;

   (c)  declaring the whole or any portion of Victoria to be an area for the
        control of diseases other than exotic diseases and specifying the
        requirements which are to operate in the area;

   (d)  prohibiting or restricting the entry into Victoria of any livestock,
        livestock product, fodder or fittings either generally or from such
        places, during such periods and under such circumstances as may appear
        to the Governor in Council to be necessary or expedient for the
        purpose of preventing the entry into Victoria of any disease.

(3) An order made under subsection (2)(c) may-

   (a)  prohibit a person from transporting, selling or handling livestock,
        livestock products or fittings within or from the declared area; and

   (b)  impose requirements to be complied with in relation to the testing,
        transportation, sale or handling of livestock, livestock products or
        fittings within the declared area.

(3A) Without affecting subsection (1) or (2), the Governor in Council may make
an Order exempting, or exempting to the extent specified in the Order, any
livestock or class or species of livestock or any person or class of person
that is specified in the Order from all or any of the provisions of this Act
or the regulations.

(3B) An Order made under section (3A)-

   (a)  may specify the period during which the Order is to remain in force;

   (b)  may provide that its operation is unconditional or operates in
        circumstances or conditions specified in the Order or is subject to
        any terms and conditions that are specified in the Order.

(4) A person must not contravene any prohibition or restriction of an Order
made under subsection (2) or any requirement of an Order which is to operate
in the declared area.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(5) The Minister must ensure that an Order is published in the Government
Gazette as soon as practicable after it is made.

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