Enzootic Diseases Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2008 (WA)

23 May 2008 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1987

AG301*

Stock Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968

Enzootic Diseases Amendment Regulations

(No. 3) 2008

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Enzootic Diseases Amendment
Regulations (No. 3) 2008.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows:

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

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3.           The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Enzootic
Diseases Regulations 1970.

4.            Regulation 100 amended

Regulation 100(1) is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetic position -

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"approval to transport" means approval given under

regulation 1 07A( 1);

5. Regulation 103 replaced
Regulation 103 is repealed and the following regulation is
inserted instead -

103.        When pearl oysters can be transported

(1) Except as provided in subregulation (2), a person shall

not transport pearl oysters -

(a)	Out of a hatchery; or
(b)	off a quarantine site; or
(c)	out of a zone of the Western Australian pearl oyster fishery.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if—

(a)	there is a certificate of health in force in relation to the pearl oysters; or
(b)	the pearl oysters are transported in accordance with an approval to transport.

Penalty: a fine of $5 000.

6.            Regulation 104 amended

Regulation 104(1)(a) is amended by deleting "at least 600 pearl oysters" and inserting instead -

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as many pearl oysters as an approved fish pathologist reasonably requires for testing

7.            Regulation 107 amended

Regulation 107(1) is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph (a) by deleting "at least 300 pearl oysters"

and inserting instead -

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as many pearl oysters as an approved fish pathologist reasonably requires for testing

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(b) in paragraph (b) by deleting "at least

300 formalin-seawater fixed pearl oysters" and inserting

instead -

"

as many formal in-seawater fixed pearl oysters
as an approved fish pathologist reasonably

requires for testing

8. Regulation 107A inserted
After regulation 107 the following regulation is inserted -

107A. Approval to transport

(1) The Chief Inspector may, in writing, approve the

transport of pearl oysters if -

(a) an approved fish pathologist has tested, in

accordance with regulation 107, a sample of

those pearl oysters; and

(b) the fish pathologist -

(i)     is not satisfied of the matters referred to in regulation 106(1)(a) because of the presence of oyster oedema disease in the sample; or

(ii)     is not satisfied of the matters referred to in regulation 106(1)(b) because of the presence of oyster oedema disease among pearl oysters at the hatchery, quarantine site or other place where the pearl oysters are being held, in the preceding 12 months.

(2) An approval to transport remains in force for 2 weeks	from the day on which it was given unless, before then,
it ceases to be in force under regulation 110.

9.           Regulation 108 amended

Regulation 108(1) is amended by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (b) and inserting instead -

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and

(c) advising the person that if the reason for not

issuing the certificate of health is the presence
of oyster oedema disease in the sample, he or
she may apply to the Chief Inspector for an
approval to transport the pearl oysters -

(i)     Out of a hatchery; or

(ii)     off a quarantine site; or

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(iii) Out of a zone of the Western Australian

pearl oyster fishery.

10.          Regulation 109 amended

Regulation 109 is amended by deleting "a pearling inspector (within the meaning of the Pearling Act 1990)" and inserting instead -

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an inspector as defined in the Pearling Act 1990

11. Regulation 109A inserted
After regulation 109 the following regulation is inserted

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109A. Chief Inspector to notify approval to transport

Within 24 hours after giving an approval to transport pearl oysters, the Chief Inspector is to give notice of that approval to -

(a)	an inspector as defined in the Pearling Act 1990; and
(b)	the fish pathologist who tested the sample of pearl oysters to which the approval relates.

12.          Regulation 110 amended

Regulation 110(1) is amended after "certificate of health" -

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or approval to transport ".

13.          Various references to penalty clauses amended

(1)	Each provision listed in the Table to this subregulation is
amended by deleting the penalty clause and inserting instead -
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Penalty: a fine of $1000, but the minimum penalty is a

fine of $100.

Table

r. 5(1) r.31(5)	r. 13(1)
r.49

(2)	Each provision listed in the Table to this subregulation is amended by inserting after "Penalty:" -
" a fine of ".

Table

r. 6B(2)	r. 20(3)	r. 27	r. 40
s. 78(1)	r. 78(2)	r. 79(1)	r. 79(3)
r. 79(4)	r. 79(5)	r. 80(1)	r. 80(3)

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r. 81(5)	r. 82(1)	r. 82(2)	r. 82(3)
r. 83	r. 84(1)	r. 84(2)	r. 84(3)
r. 84(5)	r. 84A	r. 84B(1)	r. 84D(1)
r. 84E(2)	r. 84E(3)	r. 84E(4)	r. 84F(1)
r. 84F(2)	r. 84G	r. 84H	r. 841(1)
r. 841(2)	r. 8441)	r. 84J(3)	r. 84K(2)
r. 84L	r. 84M(1)	r. 84M(2)	r. 84N(1)
r. 84N(2)	r. 84P(1)	r. 84P(3)	r. 84Q(2)
r. 84R	r. 84S(1)	r. 84S(3)	r. 841
r. 84U	r. 84V(1)	r. 84V(3)	r. 84W(2)
r. 84X	r. 84Y(1)	r. 84Y(3)	r. 84Y(4)
r. 84Z(1)	r. 85(1)	r. 85C	r. 85D(1)
r. 85D(2)	r. 85D(3)	r. 85D(4)	r. 85E(1)
r. 85E(2)	r. 85E(3)	r. 85E(4)	r. 85F(1)
r. 85F(2)	r. 85F(3)	r. 85G	r. 85H(1)
r. 85H(5)	r. 851(2)	r. 851(3)	r. 851(4)
r. 85J(1)	r. 85.1(2)	r. 85K	r. 85L(1)
r. 85L(2)	r. 85M(2)	r. 85M(4)	r. 85N(2)
r. 850	r. 85P(1)	r. 85P(2)	r. 85Q(1)
r. 85Q(2)	r. 85S(2)	r. 85S(4)	r. 85S(5)
r. 851(2)	r. 85U	r. 85V(2)	r. 85V(4)
r. 85W(2)	r. 85W(4)	r. 85X(2)	r. 85Y
r. 85Z(2)	r. 85Z(4)	r. 101(1)	r. 101(2)
r. 101(3)	r. 102(4)	r. 104(4)	r. 104(7)

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.