South Australian Consolidated Acts

LIVESTOCK ACT 1997 - SECT 88

88—Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.

        (2)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—

            (a)         require, regulate or restrict the identification of livestock or other property by tags, brands, implanted microchips or other means;

            (b)         require waybills or other documents to accompany livestock whenever they are moved from one place to another and empower inspectors to detain and deal with livestock not accompanied by the required documents;

            (c)         prohibit or regulate the possession and use of vaccines or diagnostic reagents intended for use on livestock or native or feral animals;

            (d)         regulate the use of hormonal growth promotants on livestock and the making of declarations and the keeping of records about their use;

            (da)         prescribe standards for stock food or constituents of stock food (including standards prohibiting a substance from being added to or used as stock food or specifying the amount of a substance that may be contained in stock food);

            (db)         prohibit or regulate the manufacture, packaging, labelling, sale or supply of stock food;

            (dc)         prohibit the feeding of livestock with particular products or substances or otherwise regulate the feeding of livestock;

            (e)         fix fees (which may vary according to different factors) to be paid in respect of any matter under this Act and provide for the recovery, refund, waiver or reduction of such fees;

            (f)         exempt a class of persons or livestock or other property from the application of this Act or a specified provision of this Act unconditionally or subject to specified conditions;

            (g)         impose fines not exceeding $10 000 for offences against the regulations;

            (h)         fix expiation fees not exceeding $315 for alleged offences against the regulations.

        (3)         Regulations under this Act—

            (a)         may be of general application or limited application;

            (b)         may make different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply;

            (c)         may provide that a matter or thing in respect of which the regulations may be made is to be determined according to the discretion of the Minister, the Chief Inspector or an inspector (and provide for appeals against such determinations);

            (d)         may make provisions of a savings or transitional nature.