Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may
make such regulations as are necessary and expedient for the purposes of this
Part.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), regulations made under this section
may —
(a)
prescribe conditions under which any potential carrier may be brought into the
State;
(b)
provide for the quarantine, examination and certification of any potential
carrier, whether brought into the State or not, and provide for the seizure
and destruction of any found to be infected;
(c)
provide for the notification, and the manner of notification, of any
occurrence, or suspected occurrence, of infection and requiring persons to
give all information within their power with respect to any such occurrence or
suspected occurrence;
(d)
prescribe the manner in which infected stock or an infected place or thing may
be cleansed and disinfected and the manner of the destruction and disposal of
infected animals or things;
(e)
prohibit, restrict or regulate the movement of stock, whether infected or not,
into or out of any specified part of the State;
(f)
prohibit the sale of infected stock;
(g)
provide for the management of quarantine stations or areas and for the
treatment, and period of treatment, of stock in quarantine stations or areas
and prohibit the removal therefrom of, and the interference with, any such
stock;
(h)
prescribe the charges to be made for the conveyance of stock to and from
quarantine, for the care, maintenance and examination of stock while in
quarantine and, generally, for the services of inspection, examination and
treatment of stock and provide for the recovery of any such charge;
(i)
require stock to be vaccinated or to be given
prophylactic treatment by a specified person, on the order of a specified
officer;
(ia)
require that any matter or material that is to be used for the purpose of food
for stock be treated and that any person who carries out such treatment shall
hold a licence for that purpose and prescribe the terms and conditions for the
grant, suspension and cancellation of such licences;
(j)
require establishments conducted as hatcheries or for the production of eggs
or the breeding of poultry to be licensed, prescribe fees for a licence issued
for that purpose, regulate the manner in which any such establishment is to be
conducted and regulate, restrict or prohibit dealing in, and delivery of,
eggs;
(k)
confer power on an inspector, member of the Police Force or an officer of a
specified class to stop, enter and examine any vessel vehicle or other
conveyance, and, at all reasonable hours, to enter any premises, in order to
ascertain whether or not any potential carrier is there and infected or
whether or not the provisions of the regulations are being observed;
(l)
provide that the breach of any condition to which the issue of a licence or
permit is subject constitutes an offence; and
(m)
prescribe all necessary forms and the manner of, and time for, their
completion and require any information or certificate supplied pursuant to the
regulations to be verified by statutory declaration.
(3) Regulations made
under this section may provide maximum penalties, not exceeding $5 000
for offences against the regulations or any condition and may provide daily
penalties, not exceeding $200 for every day that an offence against the
regulations continues after the offender is convicted.
[Section 10 amended by No. 51 of 1976
s.3; No. 20 of 1989 s.3; No. 20 of 2004 s. 10.]