Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsanimal means any animal, including a bird or insect, of whatever kind or species.
animal pathogen means bacteria, virus, protozoa, arthropod or any other agent or organism capable of causing exotic disease in animals.
animal product includes meat, fat, milk, whey, cream, butter, buttermilk, cheese, eggs, feathers, wool hair, horn, semen, ova, faeces, urine or secretion whatsoever of any animal, and any other substance prescribed by regulation to be an animal product for the purposes of this Act.
approved form see section 46.
authorised person, for a place of entry or exit or a check point, means--
(a) the inspector in charge of the place or check point; or
(b) if the chief inspector has authorised another person to be in charge of the place or check point--the other person.
biological preparation means--
(a) any product prepared from animal tissue (including blood, lymph, or glandular secretion) or produced by the agency of microscopic or ultramicroscopic organisms or ferments in any manner whatsoever, and used for or in relation to the diagnosis, prevention, alleviation or cure of disease or abnormal conditions in animals or which is used in animal production to promote growth or to change the physiological state of animals;
(b) any synthetic compound, identical with or closely related to the products enumerated in paragraph (a) and which has or is alleged to have comparable uses;
(c) any other substance prescribed by regulation to be a biological preparation for the purposes of this Act.
carcass means any portion of the body of a dead animal whether in an uncooked, partly cooked or cooked state, and includes meat, bone, hide, skin, wool, hair, feathers, hoof, horn and viscera.
chief inspector see the Stock Act 1915.
control area means an area notified as a control area under section 18.
destroy means to consume by fire, or kill and consume by fire, bury under the ground, or kill and bury under the ground, boil down, or kill and boil down, or otherwise destroy, or kill and otherwise destroy to the satisfaction of an inspector.
diseased animal means an animal actually infected with or affected by an exotic disease.
exotic disease means African swine fever, bluetongue, foot and mouth disease, Newcastle disease, rabies, rinderpest, spongiform encephalopathy, swine fever, swine vesicular disease, vesicular exanthema, vesicular stomatitis or any other disease prescribed by regulation to be an exotic disease for the purposes of this Act.
fittings include any stall, stable, sheep pen, cow or cattle house, horse box and any other structure for keeping or confining animals and any halters, brushes, clothes, buckets or other articles or things whatsoever which have been brought into contact with animals.
fodder means any hay, straw, grass, green crop, root, vegetable, grain, prepared meals, licks, litter, manure or any other thing used for the feeding or litter of animals or found with or about animals.
fund means the exotic diseases expenses and compensation fund established under this Act.
government veterinary officer see the Stock Act 1915.
holding means any run, station, farm, freehold or leasehold, or private or public road, footpath, easement, right of way or drain, or any stock route, reserve, common, stockyards, saleyard or trucking yard and any other place where animals are driven, transported, yarded, worked, sold, kept, depastured or found or dealt with in any manner whatsoever.
infected means infected with an exotic disease.
infected animal means a diseased animal or an animal which is suspected by an inspector of--
(a) being a diseased animal; or
(b) having been exposed to the risk of infection with an exotic disease; or
(c) having been the cause of the spread or introduction of an exotic disease.
infected premises means an area placed in quarantine under section 9.
inspector means--
(a) an inspector appointed under part 2, division 5A; or
(b) an inspector of stock appointed under the Stock Act 1915; or
(c) the chief inspector.
order includes any command or direction whether given orally or in writing.
owner means any person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, having or claiming, whether jointly or severally, any right, title or interest to or in any animal or property or a local government having charge or control of any animal or property, and includes the agent of the owner and in the case of a body corporate or unincorporate the manager, secretary or other controlling officer.
premises includes any land, house or other building or structure whatsoever or wheresoever situated where animals, animal product, animal pathogen, biological preparation or agricultural produce or any other thing that might carry animal pathogen is kept, stored, sold, prepared or dealt with in any manner whatsoever.
property includes any building or structure, vessel, vehicle, fitting, appliance, fodder, animal product, carcass or other thing whatsoever whether realty or personalty, but does not include an animal which is destroyed under the provisions of the Stock Act 1915 or of this Act for the purpose of controlling, eradicating or preventing the spread of an exotic disease.
restricted area means an area notified as a restricted area under section 10.
restricted movement, for a restricted area, means a movement the Minister has declared, under section 10A, is restricted for the restricted area.
standstill zone means a zone that is notified as a standstill zone under this Act.
suspected means suspected of being infected.
treated means dipped, dressed, rubbed, sprayed, spotted, inoculated, vaccinated, disinfected, fumigated or treated with any medicament, in any case as a cure for or means of alleviation, control or prevention of an exotic disease.
vehicle includes a conveyance of any kind, whether or not at the material time capable of being operated or moved in any manner and includes any caravan or trailer.
vessel includes a ship, aircraft, hovercraft and a vehicle that is capable of use in or on water and whether or not self propelled.