Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ENZOOTIC DISEASES REGULATIONS 1970 - REG 4

4 .         Terms used in these regulations

        (1)         In these regulations unless the context requires otherwise — 

        abattoir includes a pet food processing plant;

        animal product means any uncooked edible product, and any unwrought inedible product derived from animals or the semen of any stock;

        approved means approved by the Chief Inspector;

        Australian vessel means any vessel plying between Australian ports only;

        breeding flock means any fowls maintained upon premises where hatching eggs are produced for sale;

        carcass includes any portion of a carcass and the hide, skin, hair, feathers, wool or viscera of any stock;

        Chief Inspector means the Chief Inspector of Stock appointed under the Act and includes any person who is for the time being discharging the duties of the office of Chief Inspector of Stock;

        conveyance means a vehicle propelled by any means whatsoever and capable of being used for transportation, and includes an aircraft, a vessel, a vehicle used on a railway, and a trailer or semi‑trailer drawn by a vehicle;

        corresponding authority , in relation to another State or a Territory, means the person who has powers and functions under a law of the State or Territory corresponding to the powers and functions of the Chief Inspector;

        destroy means to entirely consume by fire or to bury in the ground at a depth of not less than 183 cms;

        dip means to plunge or immerse, until completely saturated, in an approved preparation for the destruction of ectoparasites, and the words dipped and dipping have corresponding meanings;

        disease means a disease that is specified in Schedule 1 or a disease that is not identified but appears not to be an exotic disease, and a reference to disease includes a reference to — 

            (a)         the presence of signs of disease;

            (b)         the presence of the causative agent of disease;

            (c)         test results consistent with the presence of disease or the presence of the causative agent of disease; and

            (d)         other evidence of disease,

        and diseased has a corresponding meaning;

        disinfect means to expose to a disinfectant;

        disinfectant means an approved agent or preparation capable of destroying pathogenic organisms;

        ectoparasites means ticks, lice, or buffalo flies;

        embryo means an embryo of any stock;

        export , in relation to stock, means to export live stock overseas;

        export depot means any non‑farming property where stock is kept for export;

        form means a form set out in Schedule 3;

        hatchery means premises on or in which chickens or turkeys are produced for sale, and includes poultry, incubators, plant, equipment and fittings used in, about, or in connection with, the production of chickens or turkeys;

        holding yard means a non‑farming property except a saleyard, abattoir or export depot;

        horse includes a mule and a donkey;

        lairage means the area within an abattoir where stock are held immediately prior to slaughter;

        litter means any straw or other bedding, or any manure or other excreta with which stock has been in direct or indirect contact;

        NLIS database means the electronic database maintained under regulation 4B;

        NLIS device has the meaning given in regulation 77;

        non‑farming property means a property where stock is kept by a person to whom section 13 of the Stock (Identification and Movement) Act 1970 does not apply;

        operator , in relation to a property includes —

            (a)         a person who is the agent of the operator; or

            (b)         any other person who is in possession or in charge of stock, or otherwise has control or management of stock, on the property;

        owner , in relation to stock, includes a person who is the agent of an owner, consignee (whether joint or sole) or a person who is in possession or in charge of stock or otherwise has the control or management of the stock;

        PIC , in relation to a property, means —

            (a)         a property identification code specified in the register in respect of the property; or

            (b)         an identification code issued under regulation 4A in respect of the property;

        port means a place proclaimed to be a port under the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967 ;

        poultry means all fowls and includes bantams, ducks, geese, turkeys, Guinea fowl, pheasants, chickens, eggs for hatching purposes, poultry products and the carcass of any poultry;

        property means any land or collection of lands constituting or worked as one parcel of land —

            (a)         that is a run as defined in section 5 of the Stock (Identification and Movement) Act 1970 ; or

            (b)         on which stock is otherwise kept;

        quarantine area means an area which, by these regulations or by a notice published in the Government Gazette , is declared to be a quarantine area;

        quarantined animal means an animal that is the subject of an order under regulation 11;

        register means the register of brands and earmarks kept under section 20 of the Stock (Identification and Movement) Act 1970 ;

        registered means entered in the register;

        relevant PIC in respect of a property —

            (a)         on which animals are kept; or

            (b)         from which animals are moved; or

            (c)         to which animals are delivered,

        means a PIC relating to the person keeping, moving, or accepting delivery of, the animals on, from or to the property, as the case may be;

        saleyard means a property where stock is sold by public auction;

        sell means to sell by wholesale or retail and includes to barter or to otherwise dispose of, offer for sale, have in possession for sale, expose for sale, send forward or deliver for sale, cause or suffer or allow to be sold, offered or exposed for sale; and the words sale and sold have corresponding meanings;

        semen means semen of any stock;

        shower spray means a power operated shower spray of an approved type;

        spray means to thoroughly saturate by shower spray with an approved preparation for the destruction of ectoparasites; and the words sprayed and spraying have corresponding meanings;

        travelling stock means all stock, including working stock, that is not on the land on which the stock is ordinarily kept or de‑pastured;

        update the NLIS database , in relation to an NLIS device, means to update information on the database in relation to that device in accordance with regulation 4B(5);

        vessel includes any ship, boat, barge, punt, pontoon, lighter or other vessel used in navigation, however propelled.

        (2)         For the purposes of these regulations, an animal is moved from one property to another if it is moved between places that have different PICs.

        [Regulation 4 amended in Gazette 20 May 1971 p. 1721; 18 Feb 1977 p. 531; 8 Aug 1986 p. 2871; 4 Mar 1997 p. 1356; 13 Nov 1998 p. 6201; 10 Dec 2002 p. 5744; 14 Jun 2005 p. 2587 and 2597‑8; 19 Sep 2006 p. 3731‑2; 15 Apr 2011 p. 1399.]