Western Australian Current Acts

EXOTIC DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Objects of Act
            
   4.      Terms used, and application to certain diseases
            
   5.      Crown bound
            
   6.      Application of this Act to land, animals etc.

   PART 2 -- Prevention, control and eradication of exotic diseases

           Division 1 -- Suspicion of infection  

   7.      Suspicion of infection

           Division 2 -- Obligations of persons  

   8.      Notification
            
   9.      Quarantine
            
   10.     Possession or administration of exotic disease agents

           Division 3 -- Duties and powers of officers  

   11.     Duties of an officer
            
   12.     Identity cards
            
   13.     General powers of an officer
            
   14.     Requirements under Act and recovery of costs and expenses
            
   15.     Payment for requested assistance, and for care of animals that can not be moved
            
   16.     Search warrants
            
   17.     Power to obtain information
            
   18.     Offences relating to officers

           Division 4 -- Local quarantine  

   19.     Local quarantine order
            
   20.     Notice of local quarantine order
            
   21.     Duration of local quarantine orders
            
   22.     Contravention of local quarantine order

           Division 5 -- Disinfection  

   23.     Disinfection orders

           Division 6 -- Prohibition of importation  

   24.     Imports prohibited or restricted
            
   25.     Duration of import restriction orders
            
   26.     Contravention of import restriction order

   PART 3 -- Seizure and destruction

           Division 1 -- Seizure  

   27.     Seizure for unauthorised movement, or to prevent risk of infection

           Division 2 -- Destruction  

   28.     Destruction

           Division 3 -- Stock on Crown land  

   28A.    Control of stock on Crown land in proclaimed areas

   PART 4 -- Orders as to infected areas, restricted areas and controlled areas

           Division 1 -- Infected areas and infected vehicles  

   29.     Declaration of infected area
            
   30.     Declaration of infected vehicle
            
   31.     Duration of declarations as to infection
            
   32.     Movement within, and entry or exit, subject to permit only
            
   33.     Entry to and exit from infected areas

           Division 2 -- Restricted areas  

   34.     Declaration of restricted areas
            
   35.     Duration of declaration of restricted area
            
   36.     Variation of boundaries
            
   37.     Movement within, and entry or exit, subject to permit only
            
   38.     Entry to and exit from restricted areas
            
   39.     Restricted area precautions order

           Division 3 -- Controlled areas and control orders  

   40.     Declaration of controlled area

   PART 5 -- Exotic disease control, generally  

   41.     Disease control orders
            
   42.     Protection of Minister, officers and persons assisting
            
   43.     Posting of signs warning of disease control measures

   PART 6 -- Administration

           Division 1 -- The Account  

   44.     Account
            
   45.     Credits to Account
            
   46.     Payments from Account

           Division 2 -- Compensation  

   47.     Compensation for destruction of animals payable only in relation to certain diseases
            
   48.     Term used: property
            
   49.     Compensation
            
   50.     Amount of compensation
            
   51.     Claims
            
   52.     Reduction of amount claimed for destruction of an animal or property
            
   53.     Settlement

           Division 3 -- Administration  

   54.     Chief Veterinary Officer, and Veterinary Inspectors
            
   55.     Officers
            
   56.     Delegation

           Division 4 -- Offences by bodies corporate  

   57.     Penalties for bodies corporate
            
   58.     Liability of officers for offence by body corporate

           Division 5 -- General  

   59.     Repeal, saving and transitional
            
   60.     Regulations
            
           Other notes
           Defined terms