Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Where any cattle
are found by inspection or by the application of a tuberculin test to be
suffering from disease, the Chief Inspector shall give forthwith to the owner
of the cattle notice in writing in the Form No. 4 in the Schedule, and by
such notice shall require the owner within a time to be specified in the
notice —
(a) to
remove such cattle from the herd for the purpose of their being slaughtered;
and
(b)
either to destroy at his own expense such cattle within the meaning of the
word “destroy” in the
Stock Diseases Act 1895 2 (as amended), or to convey or consign such
cattle to an abattoir specified in the notice for the purpose of slaughter,
and the owner shall keep such cattle isolated from the herd pending slaughter
by him or conveyance or consignment for the purpose of slaughter.
(2) Where any cattle
are found by testing to be affected with brucellosis, the Chief Inspector may
give notice thereof in writing to the owner of the cattle in the Form
No. 4 in the Schedule.
(3) The cost of
transporting cattle conveyed or consigned to an abattoir for slaughter,
pursuant to subregulations (1) or (2), whether that transport be by rail
or by road shall be borne by the Fund.
[Regulation 8 amended in Gazette
19 Feb 1971 p. 523.]