South Australian Consolidated Regulations

LIVESTOCK REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 4

4—Interpretation

In these regulations—

"Act" means the Livestock Act 1997;

"class 1 vaccine" means a preparation or substance capable of producing immunity in livestock to the following organisms or disease syndromes:

anthrax

avian encephalomyelitis

Dichelobacter nodosus

Mareks disease

rabies

Shopes fibroma virus;

"class 2 vaccine" means a preparation or substance capable of producing immunity in livestock to the following organisms or disease syndromes:

bovine pestivirus

Campylobacter fetus var venerealis

canine adenovirus

canine distemper

canine calicivirus

canine parainfluenza virus

canine parvovirus

canine staphylococcal dermatitis

equine staphylococcal dermatitis

feline calicivirus

feline herpes virus

feline panleukopaenia

feline viral rhinotracheitis

feline T-lymphocytic lentivirus

infectious bovine rhinotracheitis

infectious canine hepatitis

Parainfluenza 3 virus

Staphylococcal mastitis

Streptococcus equi;

"corresponding law" means—

            (a)         Animal Diseases Act 2005 of the Australian Capital Territory;

            (b)         Stock Diseases Act 1923 of New South Wales;

            (c)         Stock Diseases Act of the Northern Territory;

            (d)         Stock Act 1915 of Queensland;

            (e)         Animals (Brands and Movement) Act 1984 of Tasmania;

            (f)         Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 of Victoria;

            (g)         Stock Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968 of Western Australia;

            (h)         Stock (Identification and Movement) Act 1970 of Western Australia;

"deer" means an animal of the family Cervidae;

"HGP earmark" means an earmark of the kind required to be made immediately after cattle or buffalo are treated with a hormonal growth promotant (see regulation 20);

"HGP free declaration" means a declaration, in a form approved by the Chief Inspector, that cattle or buffalo have not been treated with hormonal growth promotants;

"HGP free invoice" means an invoice issued by a stock agent in respect of cattle or buffalo sold by the agent containing an endorsement in a form approved by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of indicating that HGP free tags were attached to cattle or buffalo at the time of sale;

"HGP free tag" means a tag of a colour, and conforming to any other requirements, specified by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of indicating that cattle or buffalo to which such tags are attached have not been treated with hormonal growth promotants;

"hormonal growth promotant" means a product containing one or more hormones (including but not limited to oestradiol, progesterone, trenbolone and zeranol) that increases the growth rate of, and enhances feed conversion in, cattle or buffalo;

"identification code of stock agent"—see Part 5A Division 3;

"identification tag", in relation to a deer, means an ear tag obtained from an authorised manufacturer (see Part 6);

"lice" means sheep body lice of the genus Bovicola ovis ;

"lice-infested sheep" means sheep on which one or more live lice are present;

"pig tattoo code"—see Part 5A Division 2;

"property identification code"—see Part 5A Division 1;

"responsible person" for a property identification code—the responsible person is the person nominated as the responsible person for the code in an application for allocation or renewal of the code or, in the absence of such an application or nomination, the owner or occupier of the place identified by the code;

"stock agent", in relation to a vendor or purchaser of livestock, means a person who, for fee or reward, arranges for the sale or purchase of the livestock on behalf of the vendor or purchaser;

"vaccine" means—

            (a)         a class 1 or 2 vaccine; or

            (b)         any other preparation or substance capable of producing immunity in livestock to disease;

"vendor declaration" means a declaration made in connection with the sale or proposed sale of livestock, using—

            (a)         a form known as a "Vendor Declaration" from time to time approved by the Chief Inspector in respect of livestock of the relevant kind; or

            (b)         a form to the same effect as the form referred to in paragraph (a).