Livestock Act 1997 (SA)

South Australia Livestock Act 1997 An Act to regulate matters relating to livestock; to repeal the Apiaries Act 1931, the Branding of Pigs Act 1964, the Brands Act 1933, the Cattle Compensation Act 1939, the Deer Keepers Act 1987, the Foot and Mouth Disease Eradication Fund Act 1958, the Stock Act 1990 and the Swine Compensation Act 1936; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation—general 4 Interpretation—notifiable condition and exotic disease 5 Interpretation—livestock etc affected or suspected of being affected with disease or contaminant 6 Interpretation—controlling or eradicating disease or contamination 6A Categories of offences determining maximum penalties and expiation fees 7 Application of Act 7A Interaction with other Acts Part 2—Industry involvement in regulation Division 1—Livestock advisory groups 8 Establishment of livestock advisory groups 9 Functions of livestock advisory groups 10 Terms and conditions of membership and procedures 10A Conflict of interest under Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act 11 Annual reports Division 3—Industry codes of practice 16 Codes of practice Part 3—Registration of certain industries Division 1—Keeping livestock 17 Requirement for registration to keep certain livestock Division 2—Artificial breeding 18 Requirement for registration of artificial breeding centre 19 Requirement for registration to perform artificial breeding procedure Division 3—Veterinary diagnostic laboratories 20 Requirement for registration of veterinary diagnostic laboratory Division 4—General 21 Eligibility for registration 22 Application for registration 23 Term of registration and renewal 24 Conditions of registration 25 Periodic returns 26 Suspension or cancellation of registration Part 3A—Identification codes 26A Requirement for identification codes Part 4—Health of livestock Division 1—Notifiable conditions 27 Requirement to report notifiable conditions 28 Acts causing or likely to cause livestock to become affected with notifiable condition 29 Bringing notifiable disease into State 30 Movement of livestock or livestock products affected with notifiable condition 31 Supply of livestock or livestock products affected with notifiable condition 32 Feeding of products that may cause livestock to become affected with notifiable condition 32A Exemptions for notifiable (report only) diseases Division 2—Restrictions on entry or movement of livestock or other property 33 Prohibition on entry or movement of livestock or other property absolutely or without required health certificate etc Division 3—Investigations 34 Investigation by inspector 35 Investigation by owner or occupier of land Division 4—Control or eradication of disease or contamination 36 Guidelines for taking action under this Division 36A Declaration of increased risk of exotic disease 37 Ministerial notices 38 Individual orders 39 Action on default 40 Action in emergency situations 41 Action where no person in charge and owner cannot be located 42 Exercising powers in relation to native or feral animals 43 Limitation on destruction or disposal of livestock or other property 44 Limitation on proceedings in case of exotic disease Division 5—Implied contractual terms and conditions as to health of livestock 45 Implied contractual terms and conditions Division 6—Liability 46 Protection from liability Part 5—Exotic Diseases Eradication Fund 47 Establishment of Fund 48 Application of Fund 49 Claims for compensation from Fund 50 Procedure for making claim and determination of claim 51 Review of Chief Inspector's determination of claim Part 6—Special provisions relating to bees 52 Reservation of Kangaroo Island for pure Ligurian bees 53 Reservation of other areas for classes of bees by proclamation 54 Prohibition against keeping bees in specified areas of State Part 7—Brands 55 Registers of brands 56 Applications 57 Refusal to register brand 58 Term of registration of brand and renewal 59 Exclusive use of registered brand 60 Transfer of ownership of registered brand 61 Cancellation of registration of brand 62 Offence to use registered brand of another Part 8—Administration and enforcement Division 1—Administration 63 Appointments 64 Identification of inspectors 65 Analysts 66 Delegations Division 2—General powers of inspectors 68 General powers of inspectors 69 Provisions relating to seizure 70 Offence to hinder etc inspectors 71 Self-incrimination Division 3—Compliance notices 72 Compliance notices Division 4—Public warning statements 72A Public warning statements for purposes of controlling or eradicating disease or contamination Part 9—Reviews 73 Reviews Part 10—Miscellaneous 75 False or misleading information 76 Statutory declarations 77 Telephone warrants 78 General defence 79 Vicarious liability 80 Offences by bodies corporate 81 Continuing offence 82 Extension of period for prosecution and issue of expiation notice 83 Recovery of technical costs associated with prosecutions 84 Evidence 85 Service 86 Incorporation of codes, standards or other documents 87 Gazette notices etc 88 Regulations Schedule 1—Requirements for control or eradication of disease or contamination Schedule 2—Repeal and transitional provisions 1 Repeal 2 Transitional provisions Legislative history