Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 (Cth)

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989
- Updated as at 27 November 1995 (#DATE 27:11:1995)

*1* The Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 130, 1989 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Acts Act Date Date of Application Number and of assent commencement saving or year transitional provisions Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 130, 1989 7 Nov 1989 7 Nov 1989 (a) Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1990 134, 1990 28 Dec 1990 Part 7 (ss. 34-37): 1 Oct 1990 Remainder: Royal Assent - Cattle Industry Legislation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 139, 1990 28 Dec 1990 1 Feb 1991 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1991, No. S11) - Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 1991 39, 1991 27 Mar 1991 S. 3 (1): 1 July 1991 (b) - Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 129, 1994 21 Oct 1994 S. 3: 21 Oct 1994 (c) - Exotic Animal Disease Control Amendment Act 1995 80, 1995 30 June 1995 1 July 1995 - Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 133, 1995 14 Nov 1995 Schedule 6: Royal Assent (d)< Sch. 6 (items 1, 7-9) (a) Section 30 of the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 provides as follows: "(1) The provisions of this Act (other than sections 1, 3, 21, 23, 24 and 27 and subsection (2) of this section), unless sooner repealed, cease to have effect at the end of 30 June 1995. (2) Sections 1, 3, 21, 23, 24 and 27 and this subsection, unless sooner repealed, cease to have effect at the end of 31 December 1995." (b) Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 was amended by subsection 3 (1) only of the Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2 (2) of which provides as follows: "(2) Subsection 3 (1), section 4 and Part 1 of the Schedule commence on 1 July 1991." (c) The Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 was amended by section 3 only of the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsection 2 (1) of which provides as follows: "(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent." (d) The Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 was amended by the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995, subsection 2 (1) of which provides as follows: "(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent." Table of Amendments ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted Provision affected How affected S. 3 am. No. 129, 1994 S. 11 am. No. 129, 1994 S. 22 am. No. 139, 1990 S. 24 am. No. 139, 1990; No. 39, 1991; Nos. 80 and 133, 1995 Schedule rs. No. 134, 1990 #ADD 31:7:1995

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 
TABLE

                        TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
                       PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
    1.    Short title
    2.    Commencement
    3.    Interpretation
    4.    First financial year after commencement of Act
         PART 2 - ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF COUNCIL
    5.    Establishment
    6.    Object
    7.    Functions
    8.    Expenditure programs
    9.    Approval of expenditure programs
   10.    Powers
           PART 3 - CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
   11.    Membership of the Council
   12.    Terms and conditions not provided for by this Act
   13.    Age qualification
   14.    Defective appointment not invalid
   15.    Remuneration and allowances
   16.    Leave of absence
   17.    Disclosure of interests
   18.    Resignation
   19.    Termination of appointment
   20.    Meetings
         PART 4 - EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE PREPAREDNESS TRUST ACCOUNT
   21.    Establishment of Account
   22.    Payments into Account
   23.    Payments out of Account
   24.    Closing of Account
                       PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS
   25.    Publication of Council reports
   26.    Annual report
   27.    Final report
   28.    Appropriation
   29.    Regulations
   30.    Cessation of operation of Act
             PART 6 - CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS
   31.    Amendments of Dairy Produce Act 1986
   32.    Amendment of Rural Industries Research Act 1985
   33.    Amendments of Wool Marketing Act 1987
                           SCHEDULE
                  ACTS IMPOSING CERTAIN LEVIES

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - LONG TITLE 
SECT

        An Act to establish an Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness
         Consultative Council and to provide financial assistance
           for purposes related to the control and eradication
                       of exotic animal diseases

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - PART 1 
 PART 1 - PRELIMINARY 

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 1 
Short title 
SECT

  1.  This Act may be cited as the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 2 
Commencement 
SECT

  2.  This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 3 
Interpretation 
SECT

  3.  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
  "Account" means the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Trust Account
established by section 21;
  "approved veterinary emergency plan" means any plan approved by ARMCANZ for
the control and eradication of exotic animal diseases on their outbreak in
Australia;
  "ARMCANZ" means:
  (a) subject to paragraph (b), Agriculture and Resource Management Council of
Australia and New Zealand, whether known by that name or any other name; or
  (b) if another body is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of
this definition - that other body;
  "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council;
  "Council" means the Exotic Animal Diseases Preparedness Consultative Council
established by section 5;
  "designated participant", in relation to an exotic animal disease campaign,
means a person, body, authority or government department that, under the
approved veterinary emergency plan outlining the campaign, is scheduled to
take part in the activities of the campaign;
  "exotic animal disease" means:
  (a) foot-and-mouth disease;
  (b) vesicular stomatitis;
  (c) vesicular exanthema;
  (d) swine vesicular disease;
  (e) rinderpest;
  (f) swine fever;
  (g) African swine fever;
  (h) rabies;
  (j) Newcastle disease;
  (k) avian influenza;
  (m) bluetongue;
  (n) screw-worm fly; and
  (p) any other disease that the Minister declares to be an animal disease for
the purposes of this definition;
and includes any bacteria, virus, protozoa, arthropod or other pathogen or
organism capable of causing a disease referred to in a paragraph of this
definition;
  "exotic animal disease campaign" means concerted action, as outlined in an
approved veterinary emergency plan, aimed at eradicating, or mitigating the
effects of an outbreak of, an exotic animal disease;
  "exotic animal disease component", in relation to the levy imposed by an Act
specified in an item in the Schedule, means so much of that levy as is payable
by virtue of the provision, or any of the provisions, of that Act specified in
that item;
  "exotic animal disease levy" means the exotic animal disease levy imposed by
section 5 of the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986;
  "expenditure program" means a program of expenditure to be met from the
Account prepared under section 8;
  "member" means a member of the Council.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 4 
First financial year after commencement of Act 
SECT

  4. The first financial year after the commencement of this Act shall, for
the purposes of this Act, be taken to be:
  (a) if the period beginning on the commencement of this Act and ending on
the next 30 June is not less than 6 months - that period; or
  (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply - the period beginning on the
commencement of this Act and ending on 30 June second occurring after the
commencement of this Act.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - PART 2 
 PART 2 - ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF COUNCIL 

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 5 
Establishment 
SECT

  5. A Council by the name of the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness
Consultative Council is established by this section.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 6 
Object 
SECT

  6. The object of the establishment of the Council is to make available to
the Minister a reliable source of information and advice on matters relating
to the preparedness of the nation to take combative and rehabilitative action
with respect to outbreaks in Australia of exotic animal diseases.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 7 
Functions 
SECT

  7. (1) The functions of the Council are:
  (a) to inquire into, assess, and report to the Minister on:
    (i) the adequacy of the strategies and procedures provided in any
approved veterinary emergency plan and, in particular, but without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the adequacy of such of those strategies and
procedures as relate to the planning of exotic animal disease campaigns, the
implementation of field programs and the mobilisation of national resources;
    (ii) the preparedness of designated participants in an exotic animal
disease campaign outlined in the plan to take part in the campaign;
    (iii) the nature and extent of any training required to bring the
preparedness of designated participants in an exotic animal disease campaign
outlined in the plan to the level required for the proper implementation of
the plan; and
    (iv) the availability, suitability and reliability of all plant and
equipment required for the carrying out in accordance with the plan of the
exotic animal disease campaigns outlined in the plan and any remedial action
that needs to be taken in that regard;
  (b) to inquire into, and report to the Minister on:
    (i) the social and economic effects of outbreaks of exotic animal
diseases of different kinds;
    (ii) any rehabilitation that may be required in the event of any
such outbreak; and
    (iii) the principles that are to govern the payment of compensation
for any loss sustained as a result of such an outbreak;
  (c) to make recommendations to the Minister on the carrying out from time to
time of operations designed to test:
    (i) the efficacy of any approved veterinary emergency plan, or any
part of such a plan;
    (ii) the preparedness of designated participants in any exotic
animal disease campaign outlined in the plan; and
    (iii) the suitability and reliability of the plant and equipment
required for the purposes of any exotic animal disease campaign outlined in
the plan;
  (d) to advise the Minister on:
    (i) the financial requirements of any approved veterinary emergency
plan; and
    (ii) the priorities to be accorded in allocating funds for the
purposes of that plan;
  (e) to prepare, and submit to the Minister, expenditure programs in
accordance with section 8; and
  (f) to ensure that payments out of the Account under paragraph 23 (a) are
used for the purposes for which they were made.

  (2) In the performance of its functions, the Council shall comply with any
written directions of the Minister but the Council may also act on its own
motion.

  (3) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable, cause a copy of any
direction given under subsection (2) to be laid before each House of the
Parliament.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 8 
Expenditure programs 
SECT

  8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council shall prepare, and submit to
the Minister not less than 2 months before the commencement of each financial
year, the program of expenditure to be met from the Account for that financial
year.

  (2) The Council shall, as soon as possible after the commencement of this
Act, prepare, and submit to the Minister, the program of expenditure to be met
from the Account for the first financial year after the commencement of this
Act.

  (3) The expenditure program for a financial year shall include the following
details:
  (a) a list of all payments to be made out of the Account during the
financial year for purposes related to the control and eradication of exotic
animal diseases on their outbreak in Australia;
  (b) in respect of each of those payments:
    (i) the amount of the payment;
    (ii) the name of the payee;
    (iii) the purpose for which the payment is to be made; and
    (iv) if the payment is to fund any requirement of an approved
veterinary emergency plan - a statement to that effect, specifying the plan
and describing in general terms the extent to which the payment will help to
pursue the strategies outlined in the plan or to achieve its objectives.

  (4) The expenditure program for a financial year shall also provide an
estimate of the amount likely to be spent on meeting the costs incurred by the
Commonwealth during the financial year for purposes related to the control and
eradication of exotic animal diseases on their outbreak in Australia.

  (5) The expenditure program for a financial year shall also include:
  (a) estimates of the amounts proposed to be paid out of the Account, for
purposes related to the control and eradication of exotic animal diseases on
their outbreak in Australia, during each of the 2 financial years immediately
following that financial year;
  (b) the name of the payee of each of those amounts; and
  (c) the purpose for which each of the proposed payments would be made.

  (6) The Council may, at any time during a financial year, vary the
expenditure program relating to that financial year.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 9 
Approval of expenditure programs 
SECT

  9. (1) Subject to this section, the Minister may approve an expenditure
program, or a variation of an expenditure program, submitted under section 8
or subsection (3) of this section.

  (2)  If the Minister is of the opinion that any detail of a payment
specified in the expenditure program, or in the expenditure program as varied,
should be revised, the Minister:
  (a) may request the Council to revise the program accordingly; and
  (b) shall include in the request a statement of his or her reasons for
making the request.

  (3) If the Council receives a request under subsection (2), it shall:
  (a) consider the request and statement of reasons;
  (b) make such revision of the expenditure program to which the request
relates as it considers to be appropriate; and
  (c) submit the program, as so revised, to the Minister for approval.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 10 
Powers 
SECT

  10. The Council has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be
done for, or in connection with, the performance of its functions.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - PART 3 
 PART 3 - CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL 

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 11 
Membership of the Council 
SECT

  11. (1) The Council shall consist of the following members:
  (a) the Chairperson;
  (b) 2 persons nominated by the National Farmers' Federation;
  (c) one person nominated by ARMCANZ;
  (d) an officer of the Department;
  (e) 3 persons suitably qualified to deal with the matters referred to in
section 6.

  (2) A member:
  (a) shall be appointed by the Minister on a part-time basis;
  (b) holds office for such period, not exceeding 3 years, as is specified in
the instrument of appointment; and
  (c) is eligible for re-appointment.

  (3) If the Minister is not satisfied as to the suitability of a person
nominated for appointment to the Council by a body referred to in paragraph
(1) (b) or (c), the Minister may request that body to nominate another person
for appointment.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 12 
Terms and conditions not provided for by this Act 
SECT

  12. A member holds office on such terms and conditions (if any), in respect
of matters not provided for by this Act, as are determined in writing by the
Minister.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 13 
Age qualification 
SECT

  13. (1) A person who has reached the age of 65 shall not be appointed as a
member.

  (2) A person shall not be appointed as a member for a period that extends
beyond the day on which the person will reach the age of 65.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 14 
Defective appointment not invalid 
SECT

  14. The appointment of a person as a member is not invalid because of a
defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 15 
Remuneration and allowances 
SECT

  15. (1) A member shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the
Remuneration Tribunal, but, if no determination of that remuneration by the
Tribunal is in operation, a member shall be paid such remuneration as is
prescribed.

  (2) A member shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed.

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal
Act 1973.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 16 
Leave of absence 
SECT

  16. The Minister may grant to a member leave of absence on such terms and
conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as the Minister determines.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 17 
Disclosure of interests 
SECT

  17. (1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter
being considered by the Council shall, as soon as possible after the relevant
facts have come to the member's knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest
at a meeting of the Council.

  (2) A disclosure under subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of
the meeting of the Council and the member shall not, unless the Council or the
Minister otherwise determines:
  (a) be present during any deliberation of the Council with respect to that
matter; or
  (b) take any part in any decision of the Council with respect to that
matter.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 18 
Resignation 
SECT

  18. A member may resign by writing signed and delivered to the Minister.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 19 
Termination of appointment 
SECT

  19. (1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member for
misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.

  (2) If a member:
  (a) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief
of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with creditors or makes an
assignment of remuneration for the benefit of those creditors;
  (b) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with an obligation imposed
by section 17; or
  (c) is absent, except on leave of absence granted under section 16, from 3
consecutive meetings of the Council;
the Minister may terminate the appointment of the member.

  (3) The Minister shall terminate the appointment of a member appointed on
the nomination of a body referred to in paragraph 11 (1) (b) or (c) at the
request of that body.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 20 
Meetings 
SECT

  20. (1) The Chairperson shall convene such meetings of the Council as the
Chairperson considers necessary for the efficient performance of the Council's
functions.

  (2) Meetings shall be held at such places as the Chairperson determines.

  (3) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings at which he or she is
present.

  (4) Where the Chairperson is not present at a meeting, the members present
shall appoint one of their number to preside at the meeting.

  (5) Subject to this Act, the person presiding at a meeting may give
directions regarding the procedure to be followed at or in connection with
that meeting.

  (6) At a meeting:
  (a) all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members
present and voting; and
  (b) the person presiding has a deliberative vote and, if necessary, also has
a casting vote.

  (7) The Council shall keep records of its meetings.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - PART 4 

 PART 4 - EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE PREPAREDNESS TRUST ACCOUNT 

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 21 
Establishment of Account 
SECT

  21. (1) There is established an account to be known as the Exotic Animal
Disease Preparedness Trust Account.

  (2) The Account is a Trust Account for the purposes of section 62A of the
Audit Act 1901.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 22 
Payments into Account 
SECT

  22. (1) In subsection (2):
  "prescribed levy" means a levy imposed by an Act specified in the Schedule.

  (2) There shall be paid into the Account:
  (a) in respect of each amount of Exotic Animal Disease Levy received by the
Commonwealth - an amount equal to that amount of levy;
  (b) in respect of each amount of penalty received by the Commonwealth for
non-payment of Exotic Animal Disease Levy - an amount equal to that amount of
penalty;
  (c) in respect of each amount of prescribed levy received by the
Commonwealth - an amount equal to the exotic animal disease component of the
levy;
  (d) in respect of each amount of penalty received by the Commonwealth for
non-payment of a prescribed levy - an amount equal to so much of that amount
of penalty as is attributable to non-payment of the exotic animal disease
component of the levy;
  (e) in respect of each amount received by the Commonwealth under section 53A
of the Wool Marketing Act 1987 - an amount equal to that amount; and
  (f) in respect of each amount received by the Commonwealth under section 34A
of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 - an amount equal
to that amount.

  (3) There shall also be paid into the Account an amount equal to one- half
of any amount required to be paid out of the Account under section 23.

  (4) Interest from the investment of money standing to the credit of the
Account shall be paid into the Account.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 23 
Payments out of Account 
SECT

  23. Amounts standing to the credit of the Account may be spent in:
  (a) making payments, for purposes related to the control and eradication of
exotic animal diseases on their outbreak in Australia, in accordance with an
expenditure program approved by the Minister; and
  (b) making payments to the Commonwealth of amounts equal to the expenses
incurred by the Commonwealth in relation to:
    (i) the collection or recovery of amounts referred to in paragraph
22 (2) (a), (b), (c) or (d); or
    (ii) the administration of paragraph 22 (2) (a), (b), (c) or (d).

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 24 
Closing of Account 
SECT

  24. (1A) The Account must be closed on a day not later than 31 December
1995.

  (1) Any money standing to the credit of the Account on the day before the
day on which it is to be closed must be paid out of the Account, in accordance
with subsection (2), to:
  (a) the following funds established by the Rural Industries Research Act
1985:
    (i) the Chicken Meat Research Trust Fund;
    (ii) the Dairy Research Trust Fund;
    (iii) the Pig Research Trust Fund;
    (iv) the Egg Industry Research Trust Fund;
  (b) the Meat Research Corporation (being the corporation continued in
existence by the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995;
  (c) the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation (being the
corporation established by subsection 5(1) of the Australian Wool Research and
Promotion Organisation Act 1993), and
  (d) the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (being the corporation
continued in existence by the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995).

  (2) The amount payable under subsection (1) to a fund referred to in
paragraph (1) (a) or a corporation referred to in paragraph (1) (b), (c) or
(d) is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula:
                        PA  X  ASC
                        TAP
where:
  PA is the amount that is under subsection (3) the prescribed amount in
relation to the fund or corporation;
  TAP is the total sum of the amounts paid into the Account under section 22;
and
  ASC is the amount standing to the credit of the Account.

  (3) The prescribed amount in relation to a fund referred to in paragraph (1)
(a) or the corporation referred to in paragraph (1) (b), (c) or (d) is:
  (a) in the case of the Chicken Meat Research Trust Fund - the total of the
amounts paid into the Account in respect of:
    (i) the amounts of levy; and
    (ii) the amounts of penalty for non-payment of levy;
received by the Commonwealth under the Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969;
  (b) in the case of the Dairy Research Trust Fund - the total of the amounts
paid into the Account in respect of:
    (i) the amounts of exotic animal disease levy; and
    (ii) the amounts of penalty for non-payment of exotic animal disease
levy;
received by the Commonwealth;
  (c) in the case of the Pig Research Trust Fund - the total of the amounts
paid into the Account in respect of:
    (i) the amounts of levy; and
    (ii) the amounts of penalty for non-payment of levy;
received by the Commonwealth under the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971;
  (d) in the case of the Egg Industry Research Trust Fund - the total of the
amounts paid into the Account in respect of:
    (i) the amounts of levy; and
    (ii) the amounts of penalty for non-payment of levy;
received by the Commonwealth under the Egg Industry Research (Hen Quota) Levy
Act 1987 and the Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988;
  (e) in the case of the Meat Research Corporation - the total of the amounts
paid into the Account in respect of:
    (i) the amounts of levy; and
    (ii) the amounts of penalty for non-payment of levy;
received by the Commonwealth under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964;
  (f) in the case of the Australian Wool Research and Promotion
Organisation-the total of the amounts received by the Commonwealth under
section 53A of the Wool Marketing Act 1987, section 26 of the Australian Wool
Corporation Act 1991 and section 79 of the Australian Wool Research and
Promotion Organisation Act 1993; and
  (g) in the case of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation - the
total of the amounts paid into the Account in respect of the amounts received
by the Commonwealth under section 34A of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - PART 5 
 PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS 

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 25 
Publication of Council reports 
SECT

  25. (1) Where the Council gives a report to the Minister under subsection 7
(1), the Minister may cause it to be made public in such ways as the Minister
considers appropriate.

  (2) The Council shall not make public a report, or any part of a report,
that has not been made public by the Minister.

  (3) Where a member disagrees with a finding or recommendation to be included
in a report of the Council, the report shall:
  (a) identify the member; and
  (b) include a statement of the views of the member in relation to the
finding or recommendation.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 26 
Annual report 
SECT

  26. (1) The Council shall, as soon as practicable after the end of:
  (a) the first financial year after the commencement of this Act; and
  (b) each later financial year;
give to the Minister a report on its operations during the financial year.

  (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each
House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after its receipt
by the Minister.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 27 
Final report 
SECT

  27. (1) The persons who were the members of the Council immediately before
it ceased to exist shall, not later than 3 months from the day on which it
ceased to exist, give to the Minister a report on its operations during the
period commencing on 1 July immediately preceding that day and ending at the
end of that day.

  (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each
House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after its receipt
by the Minister.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 28 
Appropriation 
SECT

  28. (1) Amounts payable into the Account under subsection 22 (2) are payable
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.

  (2) Amounts payable into the Account under subsection 22 (3) are payable out
of money appropriated by the Parliament for that purpose.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 29 
Regulations 
SECT

  29. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters:
  (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
  (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving
effect to this Act.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 30 
Cessation of operation of Act 
SECT

  30. (1) The provisions of this Act (other than sections 1, 3, 21, 23, 24 and
27 and subsection (2) of this section), unless sooner repealed, cease to have
effect at the end of 30 June 1995.

  (2) Sections 1, 3, 21, 23, 24 and 27 and this subsection, unless sooner
repealed, cease to have effect at the end of 31 December 1995.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - PART 6 
 PART 6 - CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS 

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 31 
Amendments of Dairy Produce Act 1986 
SECT

  31.*2*     *     *     *     *     *
*2* Sections 31 and 32 - The amendments made by sections 31 and 32 have been
incorporated in their respective reprints, which are published separately.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 32 
Amendment of Rural Industries Research Act 1985 
SECT

  32.*2*     *     *     *     *     *
*2* Sections 31 and 32 - The amendments made by sections 31 and 32 have been
incorporated in their respective reprints, which are published separately.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SECT 33 
Amendments of Wool Marketing Act 1987 
SECT

  33.*3*     *     *     *     *     *
*3* Section 33 of the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 amended the Wool
Marketing Act 1987 which was repealed by section 74 of the Australian Wool
Realisation Commission Act 1991.

EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989 - SCHEDULE 
SCH

                             SCHEDULE                  Sections 3 and 22
                    ACTS IMPOSING CERTAIN LEVIES
Column 1  Column 2                              Column 3
Item No.  Act                                   Provision of Act
1.        Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986   Subsection 5 (1)
2.        Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988          Paragraph 7 (b)
3.        Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964    Paragraphs 6 (1) (c), 6A
                                                (1) (c), 6B (1) (c), 6C
                                                (1) (c), 6D (1) (c), 6E
                                                (1) (c) and 6F (1) (c)
4.        Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969            Paragraph 7 (1) (b)
5.        Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971