Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ENZOOTIC DISEASES REGULATIONS 1970 - REG 5

5 .         Notification by owner where stock infected

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (2), a person who owns in any part of the State stock that is infected by or is suspected by him to be infected by any disease specified in Schedule 1 Division 1, 2, 3 or 4 shall — 

            (a)         within the period of 24 hours from the time he first discovers the stock to be so affected or he first suspects the stock to be so affected, notify, by the quickest practicable means, the inspector who is normally located nearest to the place where the affected stock is kept, and give to the inspector, a description of the stock, the number thereof and the place where the stock may be located; and

            (b)         forthwith on his discovering that the stock is so affected or on his suspecting that the stock is affected or suspected to be affected take all such steps that are necessary so as to prevent the stock from coming into contact with stock belonging to other persons,

                and any owner of stock who fails to carry out the provisions of this regulation is guilty of an offence.

        Penalty: a fine of $1 000, but the minimum penalty is a fine of $100.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply to or in relation to the existence of a disease specified in Schedule 1 Division 3 in any part of the State declared to be an infected area under regulation 41.

        [Regulation 5 inserted in Gazette 18 Feb 1977 p. 531‑2; amended in Gazette 19 Dec 1986 p. 4941; 7 Aug 1987 p. 3126; 16 Oct 1987 p. 3924; 4 Mar 1997 p. 1356; 14 Jun 2005 p. 2588; 23 May 2008 p. 1990.]