Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsaccredited means accredited by the chief inspector of stock.
actual owner means a person who, apart from definition in this Act as such, would be, in law, owner of the stock or other thing in question.
animal includes a bird or insect of any kind.
animal pathogen means bacteria, virus, protozoa or any other agent or organism capable of causing disease of animals.
animal product includes blood, fat, milk, whey, cream, butter, buttermilk, cheese, eggs, feathers, wool, hair or other animal fibres, semen, ova, faeces, urine or secretion whatsoever of any stock and any other substance declared by regulation to be an animal product.
approved form means a form approved by the chief executive under section 47A.
approved veterinary surgeon means a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Minister by notice published in the gazette to be an approved veterinary surgeon.
approved waybill means a waybill in the approved form.
authorised agent of the owner of stock means a person authorised by the owner to act on the owner's behalf in relation to the purchase, sale or movement of the stock.
authorised veterinary surgeon means a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Minister by notice published in the gazette to be an authorised veterinary surgeon.
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 stock or which is used in animal production to promote growth or to change the physiological state of stock;
(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) another substance declared by regulation to be a biological preparation.
carcass means the carcass or part of the carcass of an animal whether in an uncooked, partly cooked, or cooked state, and includes meat, bone, hide, skin, feathers, wool, hair or other animal fibres, hoof, horn, offal, blood, or any other part of an animal.
cattle includes bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, steers, and calves.
cattle feedlot means premises in which cattle are fed, in a confined area, prepared or manufactured stockfeed at levels greater than necessary for survival.
cattle tick infected area means an area that is notified under section 13 as an infected area for cattle tick.
chief executive means the chief executive of the department.
chief inspector means the chief inspector of stock.
convey, in relation to stock, means carry or transport the stock in or on a vehicle, train or vessel.
declared area means any part of the State in respect of which there subsists a notification under this Act notifying that part to be a declared area of the category specified as regards any disease.
destination includes any saleyard, cattle feedlot, railway trucking yard or platform, slaughterhouse, abattoir, or place for final delivery or acceptance of stock.
destroy means to consume by fire, bury under the ground, boil down, kill, or otherwise destroy to the satisfaction of an inspector.
dip means, in relation to stock, completely immerse the stock in an effective external parasite destroying preparation, and includes (when used as a noun) a vat, bath or apparatus of any kind used in connection with the dipping of stock.
disease means a disease, disorder, condition or other thing—
(a) prescribed under a regulation; or
(b) declared by notice under section 12A.
diseased stock means stock actually suffering from or affected with disease.
district means a district constituted under this Act.
drive, in relation to stock, means cause or allow the stock to travel on the hoof, but does not include conveying the stock.
drover means the person in charge of travelling stock.
dwelling house includes a part of any place, which part is used exclusively as a dwelling house and does not include the curtilage of any dwelling house.
exotic disease see Exotic Diseases in Animals Act 1981, schedule 2.
fittings means any stall, stable, sheep-pen, cow or cattle house, horsebox, or other structure for keeping or confining stock, and any halters, brushes, clothes, buckets, or other articles or things whatsoever which have been brought into contact with stock.
fodder means any hay, straw, grass, green crop, root, vegetable, grain, corn, prepared meals, licks, litter, manure, or any other thing used, or intended for use, as food or litter for stock or found with or about stock.
government veterinary officer means an officer of the department who is a registered veterinary surgeon.
holding means any run, station, farm, freehold or leasehold, cattle feedlot, or place where stock are kept, pastured or grazed.
horses includes horses, mares, geldings, colts, fillies, asses, and mules.
infected means infected with disease.
infected area means any part of the State in respect of which there subsists—
(a) a notification whereby the Minister has notified the part to be an infected area;
(b) a notice given by an inspector placing the part in quarantine;
(c) an undertaking entered into by the owner of a holding under section 14(2).
infected stock means diseased stock or stock which, in the opinion of an inspector, have been exposed to the risk of infection with disease or the cause of disease within the last preceding 3 months.
information notice means a notice complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).
inoculate means the injection or insertion into or the application to the tissues of stock of a biological preparation for the purpose of protecting such stock against disease or of testing such stock for disease, and includes vaccination.
inspector means an inspector of stock, and includes the chief inspector.
introduced stock means stock introduced into this State from another State or Territory of the Commonwealth, and all such stock for 3 months after they are so introduced.
laboratory means premises used for the manufacture of biological preparations or for the pathological examination of sick, infected or suspected stock or infected or suspected animal products or for the examination for internal or external parasites or analysis of toxic substances or for the testing or use of animal pathogens or biological preparations or for the examination or testing of specimens from stock or products thereof or for the storage or processing of such specimens, but does not include a veterinary surgery under the control of or used by a veterinary surgeon registered under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 for the treatment and cure of sick, infected or suspected stock, or a veterinary clinic, veterinary centre or veterinary hospital within the meaning of that Act.
legibly branded means branded in a manner decipherable without scientific means at a distance of not less than 9m.
market value of stock means their value calculated as upon a sale with delivery on the holding where such stock are when ordered to be destroyed.
neighbouring holding, in relation to a holding on which stock are ordinarily pastured, means another holding within 20km of the holding.
notifiable disease means a disease prescribed by regulation as a notifiable disease.
order includes any command or direction whether given orally or in writing.
original decision means—
(a) a direction, order or other decision made or given under this Act by the Minister, the chief executive, an inspector or an authorised veterinary surgeon; or
(b) a failure by a person mentioned in paragraph (a) to make or give under this Act a direction, order or other decision that the person is required to make or give.
owner means the actual owner, lessee, licensee, or occupier, whether jointly or severally, or local government or other person apparently having charge or control of any holding or stock, or the authorised agent of or the superintendent or manager for the owner, or the drover of stock and, in the case of stock in any saleyard, includes the authorised agent commissioned to dispose of that stock.
poultry means fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowls, pheasants, japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica), partridges and pigeons, and the young thereof, and any bird in captivity whether wild by nature or bred in captivity and whether native to Queensland or migratory or introduced, and any other birds declared by regulation to be poultry.
premises includes any land or saleyard and any house or other building or structure whatsoever or wheresoever situated and its curtilage.
registered veterinary surgeon means a person who is registered as a veterinary surgeon under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936.
residue disease means a disease of the type described in section 4C.
road means any proclaimed road or any road or way dedicated to the public or which has been ordinarily used for 3 years at least by the public.
saleyard means any yard, premises, or place where stock are sold or offered or exposed for sale, or where stock are held or kept for the purpose of being sold or offered or exposed for sale or where stock are kept or held on sale.
sell includes auction, barter, exchange or supply, or cause, permit or attempt any of those acts, offer or attempt to sell, supply or receive for sale, have in possession for sale, expose for sale, send forward or deliver for or on sale, cause, suffer or allow to be sold or offered for sale, dispose or offer for disposal under a lease or hire purchase agreement.
sheep means any ram, ewe, wether, or lamb.
spray, in relation to an animal, means thoroughly saturate the hair and skin of the animal with an effective preparation approved by an inspector.
stabled and groomed means stabled and groomed continuously for the 35 days last preceding the date in question.
stock means—
(a) buffalo, camels, cattle, deer, goats, horse, llamas, poultry, sheep or swine; or
(b) animals prescribed by regulation.
stock route means a stock route under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002.
suspected means suspected of being infected.
swine means any boar, barrow, sow or pig of any age or breed.
tag means a tag or label of a prescribed kind or other prescribed means of identification.
test means test in the way, or by the method, (if any) prescribed by regulation.
travel, when used in reference to stock, means to travel, drive, convey or remove by any means.
travelling stock means—
(a) stock being travelled outside the holding where they are ordinarily pastured; or
(b) stock that have been travelled to a saleyard, showground, recreation ground or racecourse (the place) while they are at the place.
travel permit means a travel permit issued under section 21B.
treated means dipped, dressed, rubbed, sprayed, spotted, applied, inoculated, vaccinated, implanted, dewormed, disinfected, fumigated or treated with any medicament, in any case as a cure for or preventive of 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 a caravan or trailer.
vessel means any ship, steamer, lighter, launch, boat, punt, ferryboat, aircraft, or air cushion vehicle.