STOCK DISEASES (REGULATIONS) ACT 1968 - SECT 16
This legislation has been repealed.
STOCK DISEASES (REGULATIONS) ACT 1968 - SECT 16
16 . Governor to restrict or prohibit the bringing in of animals
(1) The Governor may,
where it appears to him necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing
the introduction of disease to, or the spread of disease in, the State, by
Order in Council, prohibit or restrict the bringing of any potential carrier
into the State from any other part of the Commonwealth specified in the Order,
for such period, or until the happening of any event, so stipulated as may
appear to him necessary or expedient for the purpose.
(2) An Order made
under this section may be revoked or varied by a subsequent Order in Council.
(3) Every person who
contravenes or fails to observe the provisions of an Order made under this
section commits an offence.
Penalty: $2 000.
[Section 16 amended by No. 20 of 1989 s.3; No. 50
of 2003 s. 95(2).]