Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page Part 1—Preliminary 1 1 Purposes 1 2 Commencement 2 Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 3 3 Definitions 3 4 Minister may declare unusual circumstances of disease or death in livestock 3 5 Section 8A substituted 3 6 Section 23 substituted 6 7 Declaration of restricted area 7 8 Control area 7 9 Publication of importation order 8 10 Duration of importation order 8 11 Prohibitions relating to the feeding of pigs 8 12 New sections 41A and 41B inserted 10 Part 3—Repeal of amending Act 13 13 Repeal of amending Act 13 ═══════════════ Endnotes 14 1 General information 14 -- 1 of 15 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 † No. 49 of 2016 [Assented to 20 September 2016] The Parliament of Victoria enacts: Part 1—Preliminary 1 Purposes The purposes of this Act are to amend the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994— (a) to amend provisions enabling orders to be made so that they are consistent with the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994; and (b) to provide further for vendor declarations when livestock are moved; and Victoria -- 2 of 15 -- Part 1—Preliminary Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (c) to provide further for the feeding of certain materials to pigs. 2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed. (2) If a provision of this Act does not come into operation before 1 March 2017, it comes into operation on that day. -- 3 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 3 Definitions In section 3(1) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994, for the definition of vendor declaration substitute— "vendor declaration means a declaration under section 8A(1);". 4 Minister may declare unusual circumstances of disease or death in livestock In section 7A(3) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994— (a) omit "notice of"; (b) after "published" insert "in full". 5 Section 8A substituted For section 8A of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 substitute— "8A Requirements for vendor declarations when livestock moved (1) If livestock are moved from one property to another property and the properties have different property identification codes, the owner of the livestock (the first owner) must make a declaration as to the movement of the livestock before the livestock are moved. Penalty: 60 penalty units. (2) A declaration under subsection (1) must— (a) be clear and legible; and (b) be made in a form approved by the Secretary; and -- 4 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (c) contain the information required by the Secretary including— (i) the property identification code that identifies the property from which the livestock are to be moved; and (ii) the date on which the livestock are to be moved; and (iii) the number of the livestock being moved; and (iv) the name and signature of the person making the declaration; and (v) the date the declaration is made; and (vi) the intended destination of the livestock; and (vii) any other prescribed particular. (3) If a person (other than the first owner) takes ownership of the livestock when the livestock are moved, the first owner must give the vendor declaration to that person (the new owner) before or at the time the livestock are delivered to the new owner. Penalty: 60 penalty units. (4) If ownership of the livestock does not change when the livestock are moved, the first owner must keep the vendor declaration for the prescribed period after making the declaration. Penalty: 10 penalty units. -- 5 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 5 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (5) A person who transports livestock (a transporter) who is given a vendor declaration relating to the livestock by the owner of the livestock must— (a) ensure that the vendor declaration accompanies the livestock at all times; and (b) give the vendor declaration to the person taking possession of the livestock when the transporter delivers the livestock. Penalty: 60 penalty units. (6) A livestock agent, who is given a vendor declaration relating to livestock by the first owner of the livestock, must give to the new owner of the livestock within the prescribed period after receiving the vendor declaration— (a) the vendor declaration; or (b) a document relating to the movement of the livestock prescribed for the purposes of this subsection containing the prescribed particulars. Penalty: 60 penalty units. (7) A person (other than a transporter), who gives a vendor declaration or a document referred to in subsection (6)(b) to another person under this section, must keep a copy of the vendor declaration or document for the prescribed period after the date the vendor declaration or document was given to the person. Penalty: 10 penalty units. -- 6 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 6 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (8) A person who is given any of the following documents under subsection (3), (5) or (6) must keep the document for the prescribed period after receiving the document— (a) a vendor declaration; (b) a document referred to in subsection (6)(b). Penalty: 10 penalty units. (9) In this section— livestock means prescribed livestock or livestock of a prescribed species or class.". 6 Section 23 substituted For section 23 of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 substitute— "23 Notice of order declaring area or vehicle infected (1) The Secretary must ensure that each infected place order and infected vehicle order— (a) is published in full in the Government Gazette; and (b) if the infected place order relates to an area, notice of the order is published in a newspaper circulating generally in the vicinity of the infected place area. (2) The Secretary must ensure that written notice of— (a) an infected place order is given to the owner or person in charge or in apparent control of the land, premises, place or area to which the notice relates; and -- 7 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 7 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (b) an infected vehicle order is given to the owner or person in charge or in apparent control of the vehicle to which the order relates. (3) In this section— infected place order means an order under section 21; infected vehicle order means an order under section 22.". 7 Declaration of restricted area For section 26(3) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 substitute— "(3) The Minister must ensure that in relation to an order under subsection (1)— (a) the order is published in full in the Government Gazette; and (b) notice of the order is published in a newspaper circulating generally in the vicinity of the area to which the order relates.". 8 Control area (1) For section 29(4) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 substitute— "(4) The Minister must ensure that in relation to an order declaring a control area— (a) the order is published in full in the Government Gazette; and (b) notice of the order is published in a newspaper circulating generally in the vicinity of the area to which the order relates.". -- 8 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 8 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (2) After section 29(5) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert— "(6) If the Minister continues an Order under subsection (5) by notice published in the Government Gazette, the Order must be published in full in the Government Gazette as an attachment to or accompanying the notice.". 9 Publication of importation order (1) Insert the following heading to section 34 of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994— "Publication of importation order". (2) In section 34 of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994— (a) omit "notice of"; (b) after "published" insert "in full". 10 Duration of importation order After section 35(2) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert— "(3) If the Minister extends an importation order by notice under subsection (2), the importation order must be published in full in the Government Gazette as an attachment to or accompanying the notice.". 11 Prohibitions relating to the feeding of pigs (1) Insert the following heading to section 41 of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994— "Prohibitions relating to the feeding of pigs". -- 9 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 9 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (2) After section 41(1)(c) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert— "(ca) allow or direct another person to feed, or allow access to, any material that originates from a mammal or that has been in direct contact with material originating from a mammal, to any pig; or". (3) In section 41(2) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994, for "Subsection (1)" substitute "Unless a declaration made by the Minister under section 41B is in force, subsection (1)". (4) For section 41(2)(e) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 substitute— "(e) a milk product or milk by-product— (i) from a dairy manufacturing business licensed under the Dairy Act 2000; or (ii) from a dairy manufacturing business licensed under an Act of another State or a Territory that corresponds with the Dairy Act 2000; or (iii) imported for stockfeed use into Australia in accordance with the Quarantine Act 1908 of the Commonwealth or the Biosecurity Act 2015 of the Commonwealth; (f) material, being the carcase or part of the carcase of a pig that was born and raised on a property, if another pig on that property is administered that material for therapeutic purposes in accordance with written instructions of a veterinary practitioner registered under the Veterinary Practice Act 1997.". -- 10 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 10 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (5) After section 41(2) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert— "(3) Unless a declaration made by the Minister under section 41B is in force, it is an exception to an offence under subsection (1)(c) if material originating from a mammal or that has been in direct contact with material originating from a mammal is fed to wild pigs in accordance with a permit under section 41A.". 12 New sections 41A and 41B inserted After section 41 of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert— "41A Secretary may issue permit (1) The Secretary may issue a permit to a person authorising that person to feed material originating from a mammal or that has been in direct contact with material originating from a mammal to a wild pig, if the Secretary is satisfied that the feeding of the material is solely for the purposes of research into wild pigs or the baiting of wild pigs carried out by that person. (2) The Secretary may impose any condition on a permit under subsection (1) that the Secretary considers appropriate. (3) A permit under subsection (1) continues in force for the period specified in the permit by the Secretary unless sooner revoked by the Secretary. (4) The Secretary may vary or revoke a permit under subsection (1) at any time by notice in writing given to the permit holder. -- 11 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 11 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (5) A variation or revocation of a permit under subsection (4) takes effect when the notice is given to the permit holder. (6) If a permit under subsection (1) is revoked by the Secretary, the permit holder must, if requested to do so by the Secretary, immediately return the permit to the Secretary or an inspector. 41B Minister may declare that offences apply to certain materials specified in section 41(2) and (3) (1) The Minister may declare that any one or more of the paragraphs in section 41(1) apply to any one or more of the kinds of material specified in section 41(2) and (3) if the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that— (a) there is an imminent threat of the introduction into Victoria of a disease which affects livestock; and (b) use of the kind or kinds of material specified in the declaration is the cause of the threat or likely to increase the risk of the threat occurring; and (c) the declaration will reduce the risk of the threat occurring. (2) The declaration must— (a) state the grounds on which the Minister has made the declaration; and (b) specify each paragraph of section 41(1) that must be complied with; and (c) specify the kind or kinds of material specified in section 41(2) or (3) to which the declaration applies. -- 12 of 15 -- Part 2—Amendment of Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 12 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (3) A declaration under this section must be published— (a) in the Government Gazette; and (b) in a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria; and (c) on the internet site of the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources. (4) A declaration under this section takes effect from the later of— (a) the date of publication of the declaration in the Government Gazette; or (b) any date specified in the declaration. (5) The Minister must revoke a declaration under this section if the Minister no longer holds the belief on reasonable grounds that— (a) there is an imminent threat of the introduction into Victoria of a disease which affects livestock; and (b) use of the kind or kinds of material specified in the declaration is the cause of the threat or likely to increase the risk of the threat occurring; and (c) the declaration will reduce the risk of the threat occurring. (6) The revocation of a declaration under this section must be published in accordance with the same requirements for publication of the declaration under subsection (3).". -- 13 of 15 -- Part 3—Repeal of amending Act Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 13 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Part 3—Repeal of amending Act 13 Repeal of amending Act This Act is repealed on 1 March 2018. Note The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984). ═══════════════ -- 14 of 15 -- Endnotes Livestock Disease Control Amendment Act 2016 No. 49 of 2016 14 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Endnotes 1 General information See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information. † Minister's second reading speech— Legislative Assembly: 23 March 2016 Legislative Council: 26 May 2016 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 to amend provisions enabling orders to be made, to provide further for vendor declarations when livestock are moved, to provide further for the feeding of certain materials to pigs and for other purposes." -- 15 of 15 --