Western Australian Consolidated Acts

EXOTIC DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects of Act  
   4.      Interpretation, and application to certain diseases  
   5.      Crown bound by this Act  
   6.      Application of this Act to land, animals etc.  

   PART 2 -- Prevention, control and eradication of exotic diseases  

           Division 1 -- Suspicion of infection  

   7.      Suspicion of infection  

           Division 2 -- Obligations of persons  

   8.      Notification  
   9.      Quarantine  
   10.     Possession or administration of exotic disease agents  

           Division 3 -- Duties and powers of officers  

   11.     Duties of an officer  
   12.     Identity cards  
   13.     General powers of an officer  
   14.     Requirements under the Act and recovery of costs and expenses  
   15.     Payment for requested assistance, and for the care of animals that can not be moved  
   16.     Search warrants  
   17.     Power to obtain information  
   18.     Offences relating to officers  

           Division 4 -- Local quarantine  

   19.     Local quarantine order  
   20.     Notice of local quarantine order  
   21.     Duration of local quarantine orders  
   22.     Contravention of local quarantine order  

           Division 5 -- Disinfection  

   23.     Disinfection orders  

           Division 6 -- Prohibition of importation  

   24.     Imports prohibited or restricted  
   25.     Duration of import restriction orders  
   26.     Contravention of import restriction order  

   PART 3 -- Seizure and destruction  

           Division 1 -- Seizure  

   27.     Seizure for unauthorised movement, or to prevent risk of infection  

           Division 2 -- Destruction  

   28.     Destruction  

   PART 4 -- Orders as to infected areas, restricted areas and controlled areas  

           Division 1 -- Infected areas and infected vehicles  

   29.     Declaration of infected area  
   30.     Declaration of infected vehicle  
   31.     Duration of declarations as to infection  
   32.     Movement within, and entry or exit, subject to permit only  
   33.     Entry to and exit from infected areas  

           Division 2 -- Restricted areas  

   34.     Declaration of restricted areas  
   35.     Duration of declaration of restricted area  
   36.     Variation of boundaries  
   37.     Movement within, and entry or exit, subject to permit only  
   38.     Entry to and exit from restricted areas  
   39.     Restricted area precautions order  

           Division 3 -- Controlled areas and control orders  

   40.     Declaration of controlled area  

   PART 5 -- Exotic disease control, generally  

   41.     Disease control orders  
   42.     Protection of Minister, officers and persons assisting  
   43.     Posting of signs warning of disease control measures  

   PART 6 -- Administration  

           Division 1 -- The Account  

   44.     The Fund  
   45.     Credits to the Account  
   46.     Payments from the Account  

           Division 2 -- Compensation  

   47.     Compensation for destruction of animals payable only in relation to certain diseases  
   48.     Interpretation of this Division  
   49.     Compensation  
   50.     Amount of compensation  
   51.     Claims  
   52.     Reduction of amount claimed for destruction of an animal or property  
   53.     Settlement  

           Division 3 -- Administration  

   54.     Chief Veterinary Officer, and Veterinary Inspectors  
   55.     Officers  
   56.     Delegation  

           Division 4 -- Offences by bodies corporate  

   57.     Penalties for bodies corporate  
   58.     Liability of officers for offence by a body corporate  

           Division 5 -- General  

   59.     Repeal, saving and transitional  
   60.     Regulations  
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