Livestock Variation Regulations 2015 (SA)

South Australia

Livestock Variation Regulations 2015

under the Livestock Act 1997

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Livestock Regulations 2013

4            Variation of regulation 6—Registration of beekeepers

5            Variation of regulation 7—Term of registration and renewal

6            Variation of regulation 10—Annual honey testing for American Foul Brood

7           Variation of Schedule 3—Fees

8            Variation of Schedule 4—Transitional provisions

10A        Term of registration of beekeepers

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Livestock Variation Regulations 2015.

2—Commencement

1. Subject to this regulation, these regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

(2)Regulations 5, 7 and 8 will come into operation on 15 February 2016.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Livestock Regulations 2013

4—Variation of regulation 6—Registration of beekeepers

Regulation 6—after subregulation (2) insert:

(3)Pursuant to section 6A of the Act, the following categories of offences are prescribed for the purposes of section 17 of the Act in respect of a person who keeps bees for which a hive is kept (and accordingly the corresponding penalties or expiation fees set out in section 17(1) apply):

(a)a category 1 offence is an offence committed or alleged to have been committed in connection with the keeping of more than 99 hives;

(b)a category 2 offence is an offence committed or alleged to have been committed in connection with the keeping of 5 or more hives but not more than 99 hives;

(c)a category 3 offence is committed or alleged to have been committed in connection with the keeping of less than 5 hives.

5—Variation of regulation 7—Term of registration and renewal

Regulation 7(1)—delete "expiring on the last day of February following registration" and substitute:

of 12 months

6—Variation of regulation 10—Annual honey testing for American Foul Brood

1. Regulation 10—delete subregulation (1) and substitute:

   (1)The Chief Inspector may, by notice in writing, require a beekeeper to provide the Chief Inspector, within a period specified in the notice, with a copy of the results of an AFB test carried out on a composite sample of honey collected following the notice, or within the preceding 6 months, from hives kept by the beekeeper.

2. Regulation 10(2)—delete "12 month period commencing on 1 March" and substitute:

   registration period

7—Variation of Schedule 3—Fees

Schedule 3, item 1—delete item 1 and substitute:

1	Application for registration or renewal of registration under section 17 of the Act as a beekeeper	$40.00
No fee is payable under item 1 if—     (a)    the beekeeper keeps less than 5 hives; or     (b)    the bees are kept for the purposes of instruction in an educational institution approved by the Chief Inspector.

8—Variation of Schedule 4—Transitional provisions

Schedule 4—after clause 10 insert:

10A—Term of registration of beekeepers

Despite regulation 7(1), a registration of a person as a beekeeper in force immediately before the commencement of this clause will expire on 15 May 2016 (and may be renewed from time to time for a further term of 12 months expiring on 15 May in the year following the renewal).

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 26 November 2015

No 240 of 2015

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