Scab Act 1888 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO SECUNDO

VICTORIA; REGLNIE

No. 11

An Act to amend The Scab Act, 1885,' and to prevent

the spread of Disease in Stock.

[Assented to 26th November, 1888.

HEREAS owing to the beneficial operation of The Scab And whereas it is desirable to suspend the operation of the said Act in some Districts, and to provide for the more efficient working of the Law relating to Stock :	W
throughout the Colony ;
Act, 1885; scab in Sheep has been apparently eradicated Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and_ consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

Appointment of

chief Ittspeotor to be notified in the Government Gazette' of Western Australia, 1. The Governor may from time to time by writing under his hand,

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Scab Act, Amendment—Inspection of Stock

appoint a Chief Inspector of Stock, and such other Inspectors as he

may consider necessary.

2. The Chief Inspector shall exercise a general supervision over the said Inspectors, and over the working of The Scab Act, 1885.' He

Functions of

Clad Inspector

may, by order of the Governor under his hand in writing, be directed to go to any scab district' in the Colony, to carry out the provisions of the said Act. He may, by order under his hand in writing, direct any one of the Inspectors to go to any scab district' in the Colony, to carry out the provisions of the said Act.

3. The Chief Inspector shall also exercise a general supervision over the working and carrying into effect of The Cattle Diseases Act,

Chid Inspector.

to supervise

working of

Acts 29Vie.,No.3,

1865,' The Imported Stock Act, 1876,' The Imported Stock Act,

40 vie., No. 14,

1876, Amendment Act, 1877,' and over the working and carrying into

No.4,

effect of any regulations made or to be made under the powers of the Act 43 Vic., No. 23, and shall also exercise a general supervision over all Inspectors or Officers engaged in working or carrying into effect the said Acts and the said regulations. It shall be the duty of every such Inspector and Officer to give information to the Chief Inspector in writing of the passage from the District or Districts under his supervision to any other of all droves, mobs, flocks, or herds of stock, including horse stock, bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, and calves.

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, if and when Suspcnsion olgot

or without limit as to time, the operation of The Scab Act, 1885,' or any sections thereof in any 'scab district,' or the operation of the said Act or of any sections thereof generally without reference to any particular ' scab district,' and such notice at any time in like manner to revoke.

it shall to him seem fit, by notice published in the Government 49 \ 'se" ,

5. This Act may be cited as The Scab Act, 1888.' short title

F. NAPIER BROOME,

GOVERNOR.