Victorian Numbered Regulations

LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL REGULATIONS 2006 (SR NO 172 OF 2006) - NOTES

S.R. No. 172/2006

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STATUTORY RULES 2006

S.R. No. 172/2006

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994

Livestock Disease Control Regulations 2006

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 19 December 2006

Responsible Minister:
JOE HELPER
Minister for Agriculture

JUSTINE FRANKLIN
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

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Endnotes

Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter Required by the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004

Note that the following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004.

Statutory Rule Provision	Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document	Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 37(1)(a)	Australian and New Zealand Standards Diagnostic Procedures as approved by the Primary Industries Standing Committee as amended and in force from time to time	Whole document
Regulation 37(1)(b)	Australian Standard Diagnostic Techniques for Animal Diseases published by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management (SCARM) in 1993 as amended and in force from time to time	Whole document
Regulation 37(2)	As ISO/IEC 17025–2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories published 6 December 2005 as amended and in force from time to time	Whole document

Statutory Rule Provision	Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document	Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 48(1)(b)	Australian Standard Diagnostic Techniques for Animal Diseases published by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management (SCARM) in 1993 as amended and in force from time to time	Part P Bacteriological Examination of dead in shell embryos for Pullorum disease. Culture Test carried out on chickens for Pullorum disease

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INDEX

Subject	Regulation
Abattoirs
definition	4
operators' duties regarding identification	15, 25
property identification codes for person conducting	67, 68
Act (def.)	4
Acts See Prescribed Acts
Alpaca	22–24
Artificial breeding	51–52, Sch. 9
Auctioneers
duties regarding movement information	62–63
property identification codes sent to	67–68
sales and purchase records	56–57
Authorised officers	4, 28 Sch. 4–Sch. 5
Bees and bee products, fodder, fittings
disposal of abandoned bees, hives, fittings	76
disposal of hives	50, Sch. 8
government apiary officers	4, 28, 35, Sch. 6–Sch. 7
introduction into Victoria	27–31, 35–36, Sch. 6–Sch. 7
marking, branding of hives	49
registered beekeepers (def.)	4
Buffalo	47, Sch. 3
Carcases
compensation	53–54
identification	25
information in slaughter records	58
invoices issued to purchasers	70–71
returns on sales	69
Cattle
applications for property identification codes	22–23
identification
carcases	25
cows prohibited from dairying	47, Sch. 3
directly dispatched from place of purchase	11
introduced into Victoria	19
permanent identification	21
prescribed manner	8, 11, 15, 17, 21, Sch. 3
return of tags, devices, tattoo brands	24
subject to testing under AQIS meat notice	4, 8, Sch. 3
temporary tags	17, Sch. 3
to be slaughtered or disposed of	15, 17
to be sold in saleyards, scale operations	17
introduction into Victoria	19, 27–33, Sch. 4
invoices issued to purchasers	70
Subject	Regulation
movement information
application of Part 8, Division 2	59
auctioneers' duties	62–63
cattle scale operators' duties	55, 57, 61
definition, details included in	60
duties of persons dispatching cattle	67
incorrect information	66
livestock managers' duties	65
required manner or by the required method of transmission (def.)	60
saleyard operators' duties	64
specified manner (def.)	60
no longer kept at property	24
notice of slaughter	58
records of sales and purchases	56–57
records of sales of semen from cattle sires	51
returns on sales	69
Cattle scale operators, operations	55, 57, 61, 67
Charges See Impounding; Seizure	75
Compensation	53–54
Dairy produce	45
Deer	22–24, 56
Definitions	4, 23, 55, 60
Diseases
accreditation of veterinary diagnostic laboratories	37
anthrax	40, 44
compensation	53–54
exotic diseases	40, 44, 46
Johne's disease	40, 43, 44
notification, notifiable diseases	5, 42, Sch. 2
Piroplasmosis	40, 41, 44
Pullorum disease	48
retention of documents regarding	6
testing	37–39
tuberculosis	40, 44
vaccinations	40–44
Exotic diseases	40, 44, 46
Goats
applications for property identification codes	22–23
duties of persons dispatching	68
identification
dispatched directly from place of purchase	13
introduced into Victoria	19
livestock vaccinated for Johne's disease	43
permanent identification	20, 21
prescribed livestock	7
prescribed manner	10, 13, 21, Sch. 3
prohibited from dairying	47, Sch. 3
invoices issued to purchasers	71
no longer kept at property	24
records of sales and purchases	56
returns on sales	69
Subject	Regulation
Government apiary officers See Bees and bee products, fodder, fittings
Hives See Bees and bee products, fodder, fittings
Horses	56
Identification
approved NLIS device (def.)	4
approved NLIS eartag (def.)	4
livestock introduced into Victoria	19
livestock prohibited from dairying	47, Sch. 3
National Livestock Identification System (def.)	4
NLIS (def.)	4
NLIS device (def.)	4
NLIS ear tag (def.)	4
prescribed livestock	7
vaccinated livestock	41, 43
See also Cattle; Goats; Pigs; Property identification codes; Sheep
Impounding
charges for	75
Infringements	77
Inspectors
powers, duties regarding
claims for compensation	53
disposal of bees, hives, fittings	76
temporary identification of livestock	16–18
vaccinations	40
Introduction of livestock into Victoria
identification	19
prescribed manner of certification	27–31, Sch. 4–Sch. 5
references to person who introduces	26
restrictions	32–34
See also Bees and bee products, fodder, fittings
Johne's disease	40, 43, 44
Knackeries
definition	4
operators' duties regarding identification	15, 25
property identification codes for person conducting	67, 68
Llama	22–24
Licences	52, 72
Licensees	52, Sch. 9
Livestock managers	55, 65, 67–68
National Livestock Identification System See Identification
NLIS See Identification
Offences and penalties
penalty for infringement offences	77
regarding
dairy produce as livestock food	45
identification	15–18, 24–25
introduction of livestock	31, 35
Subject	Regulation
movement information	61–68
retention of documents	6
vaccines, vaccinated livestock	40, 42–44
Owners
duties regarding vaccinations	40, 44
retention of documents regarding diseases	6
Penalties See Offences and penalties
Pigs
applications for property identification codes	22–23
identification
brands (def.)	4
carcases	25
dispatched directly from place of purchase	12
introduced into Victoria	19
prescribed livestock	7
prescribed manner	9, 12, 14–16, 18, Sch. 3
return of tags, devices, tattoo brands	24
sold privately	14
temporary tattoos	18, Sch. 3
to be slaughtered or disposed of	15, 16, 18
to be sold in saleyards, scale operations	16, 18
weighing less than 25 kg	9, 16, Sch. 3
introduction into Victoria	19, 27–32, 34, Sch. 5
no longer kept at property	24
records of sales and purchases	56
Piroplasmosis	40, 41, 44
Pollen See Bees and bee products, fodder, fittings
Poultry	4, 22–24, 48
Prescribed Acts	74, Sch. 10
Property identification codes
applications	22–23
definition	4
disclosure of records regarding	73–74, Sch. 10
included in
claims for compensation	53
identification of livestock	8–10, 14, 16–18, 43, Sch. 3
invoices	70–71
movement information	60–64, 67–68
notification of certain diseases	5
sales and purchase records	56–57
issued under corresponding laws	55
Pullorum disease	48
Purchases See Sales and purchases
Regulations
authorising provisions	2
objectives	1
revocations	3, Sch. 1
Revocations	3, Sch. 1
Subject	Regulation
Sales and purchases
invoices issued to purchasers	70–71
movement information	59–68
records	56–57
returns	69
Saleyard operators	64
Scale operators, operations See Cattle scale operators, operations
Secretary
functions, powers regarding
disclosure of information	73–74
exotic disease agents	46
introduction of livestock, bees in Victoria	19, 32, 35
vaccinations, vaccinated livestock	40–41, 43
Seizure of livestock
charges for	75
Selling agents	16–18
Sheep
applications for property identification codes	22–23
duties of persons dispatching	68
identification
dispatched directly from place of purchase	13
introduced into Victoria	19
livestock vaccinated for Johne's disease	43
permanent identification	20, 21
prescribed livestock	7
prescribed manner	10, 13, 21, Sch. 3
prohibited from dairying	47, Sch. 3
invoices issued to purchasers	71
no longer kept at property	24
records of sales and purchases	56
returns on sales	69
Stamp duty	69–71
Vaccination	40–44
Vendor declarations	4, 19, 63
Veterinary practitioners
administration of vaccines	40
certification of health of livestock	52, Sch. 9
definition	4
retention of documents regarding diseases	6