Enzootic Diseases Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1998 (WA)

13 November 19981	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	6201
AG301*

Stock Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968

Enzootic Diseases Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 1998

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.     Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Enzootic Diseases
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1998.

2.      The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Enzootic
Diseases Regulations 1970*.
[* Reprinted as at 21 March 1989, pp. 945-1012.

For amendments to 15 October 1998 see 1997 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 257-8, and
Gazette 6 January and 23 June 1998.]

3.      Regulation 4 amended

Regulation 4 is amended by inserting the following definitions in their respective alphabetical positions —

4C.

"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;

"embryo" means an embryo of any stock;

"quarantined animal" means an animal that is the

subject of an order under regulation 11;

"semen" means semen of any stock;

4.	Regulation 11B inserted After regulation 11A the following regulation is inserted —
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11B.	Directions to move quarantined stock An inspector may direct the owner of any quarantined animal that is a potential carrier to do any or all of the following —

(a) to move the animal from any part of the land
where it is located to any other part of the land;

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(b)	to move the animal from the land where it is located to other land nominated by the inspector;
(c)	to keep the animal separate from any other animal;
(d)	to keep the animal from entering any land
nominated by the inspector. "

5.            Regulation 29 amended

Regulation 29 is amended as follows:

(a) in subregulation (1) by inserting after "stock" -

"

, semen or embryos ";

(b) in subregulation (2) by inserting after "Stock'-

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semen or embryos "; and

(c) by repealing subregulation (4).

6.            Regulation 30 amended

Regulation 30(1) is amended by inserting after "stock" in each place where it occurs -

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semen or embryos ".

7. Regulation 32 amended
Regulation 32 is amended by inserting after "stock" -

semen or embryos ".

8.            Regulation 34 inserted

After regulation 33 the following regulation is inserted in
Part 4-

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34.          False or misleading certificates

A person shall not make a statement in a certificate or other document given for the purposes of this Part that is false or misleading in a material particular.

9.            Regulation 79 amended

Regulation 79 is amended by deleting the definitions of "tag" and "tail tag" and inserting instead -

"

"tag" means an eartag of an approved kind, a tail tag of

an approved kind, or another approved means of
identifying cattle for the purposes of these
regulations.

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10.          Regulation 79A amended

Regulation 79A(c)(ii) is amended by deleting "tail tag" and

inserting instead -
66 tag ".
11.	Regulation 80 amended Regulation 80 is amended as follows:

(a) in subregulation (2) by deleting "tail tag" and inserting instead -

" tag

(b)	in subregulation (3) by deleting "identified by a tail tag" and inserting instead -
" identified by a tag
(c)	in subregulation (3) by deleting "by means of a tail tag or eartag or in some other approved manner" and inserting instead -
" by means of a tag
(d)	in subregulation (4) by deleting "tail tag" in the 2 places where it occurs and inserting instead -

" tag ";

(e) in subregulation (5) by deleting "tail tag" and inserting instead -

" tag ";

(f) in subregulation (6) by deleting "tail tag" in the 2 places where it occurs and inserting instead -

" tag ";

(g) in subregulation (7) by deleting "tail tag" and inserting

instead -

" tag ";

in subregulation (9) by deleting "tail tags" wherever it
occurs and inserting instead -

" tags ".

12.         The First Schedule amended

The First Schedule is amended in Division 1 of Part C by inserting after the item "Equine rhinopneumonitis" the following item -

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13.         The Second Schedule amended

The Second Schedule is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting after item 9 the following item -

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9A.	Dairy cattle
(1)	Daily cattle must not be moved into the State unless the cattle are certified as having a status, in relation to enzootic bovine leucosis, of or equivalent to Accredited Free, Bulk Milk Test Negative, Certified Free, Monitored Negative or Tested Negative.
(2)	In this item -
"Bulk Milk Test Negative" has the same meaning as in the

National Guidelines;

"certified", in relation to cattle, means certified by a person

authorized by the corresponding authority of the State

or Territory from which the cattle are to be moved;

"Certified Free" has the same meaning as in the National

Guidelines;

"Monitored Negative" has the same meaning as in the

National Guidelines;

"National Guidelines" means the National Guidelines for Control and Eradication of Enzootic Bovine Leucosis in Dairy Cattle published by the Commonwealth

Department of Primary Industry and Energy;

"Tested Negative" has the same meaning as in the National

Guidelines.

(b) by inserting after item 35 the following heading and items- tems-

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36. Semen	SEMEN
SEMEN AND EMBRYOS

(1) Semen collected from camelids, cattle, deer, goats or sheep
must not be moved into the State unless -

(a)	the collection and handling of the semen meets the standards set down in the Minimum Health Standards for Stock Standing at Licensed or ApprovedArtficial Breeding Centres in Australia published by the Commonwealth Department of Primary Industry and Energy; or
(b)

a person authorized by the corresponding authority collected has certified that the animal from which the semen was collected -

(i) had, at the time of collection of the semen, a
status in relation to Johne's disease of or
equivalent to Monitored Negative; or

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(ii) was derived from a herd or flock in which Johne's disease was not known to exist, and was, within the period beginning 30 days before the collection of the semen and ending when the semen is moved into the State, subjected to an approved test for Johne's disease with negative results.

(2) In item (1) —
"Monitored Negative", in relation to a species of stock, has

the same meaning as in the Rules and Guidelines of the Australian Johne's Disease Market Assurance Program published by the Austialian Animal Health Council Ltd for that species.

37.    Embryos

Embryos must not be moved into the State unless the
collection and handling of the embryos meets the standards
for the collection and handling of embryos published by the
Australian Embryo Transfer Society in conjunction with the
Australian Veterinary Association.

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By Command of the Governor,

ROD SPENCER, Clerk of the Executive Council.