Stock Acts Amendment Act of 1953 (2 Eliz Ii No. 17) (Qld)

330 STOCK. Stock Acts Amendment Act. 2 E liz . II. No. 17, SALARIES, STATUTORY. See P ublic S ervice . SHEEPSKINS (DRAFT ALLOWANCE ABOLITION). See M ercantile L aw . STATE HOUSING. See H ousing . STOCK. 2 N E o l . iz 1 . 7. II. An Act to Amend “ The Diseases in Stock Acts, 1915 T he S tock A cts A mendment to 1952,” for the purpose of assisting Stock A ct of 1953. Husbandry and for other purposes. [A ssented to 4 th D ecember , 1953.] E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, B by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— Short title 1. This Act may he cited as “ The Stock Acts aconndstruction. A *“ mTenhdemDenisteaAscets oifn 19 S 5 t 3 o , c ” k a A nd cts s , ha1l9l 1h5e r to ead19a5s2,o”nehewreitihn referred to as the Principal Act. Collective The Principal Act and this Act may he collectively title. cited as “ The Stock Acts, 1915 to 1953.” Amendment 2. Section one of the Principal Act is amended by of s. 1. repealing therein the words “ Diseases in ”. “ Stock 3. The Principal Act is amended by repealing FDuisnedas” esto be therein the words “ Stock Diseases Fund ” and by called inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words * F * uSntodc” k. “ Stock Fund ” whereversuch words occur. Amendment 4. (1.) Subsections one and two of section six of of s. 6. the Principal Act are repealed and the following subsection is inserted in lieu of those repealed subsections :— Fund. “ (2.) There shall be established at the Treasury a fund to be called the “ Stock Fund ” which, subject to the provisions of subsection three of section 6 a of this Act, shall be applied to the payment of all expenses incurred by the Governor in Council or the Minister in the execution of this Act as well as to the provision of * 6 G. 5 No. 16 and amending Acts.

STOCK. 331 1953. Stock Acts Amendment Act. such husbandry services to the cattle, sheep, and Pig industries and to such other animal industries as the Minister may from time to time determine.” (2.) On the coming into operation of *“ The Stock Acts Amendment Act of 1953,” all moneys standing to the credit of the “ Stock Diseases Fund ” shall be paid to the credit of the “ Stock Fund”. 5. Subsection three of section 6 a of the Principal ^endment Act is amended by adding to that subsection the words ° s' A ' “ and for the payment of all other expenses incurred by the Governor in Council or the Minister in the execution of this Act in relation to the testing of stock for tuberculosis.” 6 . Section seven of the Principal Act is amended :— Amendment* (i.) By repealing the scale in that secticjn and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed scale, the following scale:— • Description of Stock. Rate. (i.) Cattle .. ., (ii.) Horses .. .. (iii.) Cattle and horses together A rate of not more than two pounds on every one hundred head or part of one hundred head (iv.) Sheep .. Subject to paragraph (61) of the proviso hereto, a rate of not more than ten shillings on every one hundred head or part of oije hundred head (v.) Swine 0 A rate of not more than ten shillings on every one hundred head or part of one hundred head ” (ii.) By repealing paragraph ( b ) of the proviso to the second paragraph of that section and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed paragraph, the following paragraphs:— “ ( b) An assessment as aforesaid shall not be payable by an owner in respect of cattle, or horses, or cattle and horses, or sheep, if the number thereof owned by him is less than eleven; (61) The minimum assessment payable :in respect of eleven or more sheep owned by any owner shall be one pound.” * This Act.

332 STOCK. Stock Acts Amendment Act. 2 E liz . II. No. 17, Amendment 7 . Section 7 a of the Principal Act is amended by of s. 7 a . inserting the following subsection after subsection nine of that section :— “ (9 a .) The owner of any factory who is liable— (i.) On the coming into operation of *“ The Stock Acts Amendment Act of 1953 ” ; or (ii.) At any time thereafter, under this section to pay an assessment upon milk o.r cream received by him, shall, before the expiration of seven days after the close of the calendar month in which *“ The Stock Acts Amendment Act of 1953,” comes into operation or, where he is not so liable upon the coming into operation of that Act, before the expiration of seven days after the close of the calendar month in which thereafter he first becomes liable under this section to pay the assessment, furnish to the Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Stock, a complete list (hereinafter called the “ initial list ”) of the names and places of abode or business, respectively, of all persons who have during that calendar month supplied such owner with milk or cream, and shall, before the expiration of seven days after the close of each and every calendar month thereafter, furnish to the said Under Secretary, with respect to that immediately preceding calendar month a complete list (hereinafter called a “ supplementary fist ”) of the names and places of abode or business, respectively, of all persons who— (a) Ceased to supply him with milk or cream ; (b) Commenced or, as the case may be, re-commenced to supply him with milk or cream, and so as to show those two classes of persons separately. Without prejudice to the aforesaid provisions of this subsection, the owner of any factory to whom this subsection applies shall be deemed to have committed an offence against this subsection unless the initial list as amended by every supplementary list furnished by him is at the close of each and every calendar month a fist of all persons who are then suppliers of milk or cream to that factory.” * This Act.

1953. STOCK. Stock Acts Amendment Act. 333 8. Section fifteen of the Principal Act is aimended Amendment by adding to the proviso thereto the) following of *•15* paragraph:— “ (e) No compensation shall be payable in the case of stock which are, pursuant to subsection 1 a of section twenty-five of this Act, destroyed by or under the authority or on the order of an inspector.” 9. Section twenty-five of the Principal Act is Amendments amended — of s. 25. (i.) By inserting the following subsection after subsection one of that section :— “ ( 1 a . ) An inspector may at any time order the immediate destruction and disposal by an owner thereof (and, if he thinks fit, may specify in his order the means by which either or both of those things shall be carried out) of any travelling stock which in his opinion are in a moribund state or are so seriously injured as to be incapable of being either travelled or travelled without cruelty. If an owner is not present or for any other reason the inspector considers it necessary so to do, he may destroy and dispose of, or cause to be destroyed and disposed of, any stock so found, in which cases the owner thereof shall be liable to pay all expenses reasonably incurred in the destruction and disposal of such stock, and any such expenses unpaid by such owner may' be recovered by an inspector from him by action as for a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. The provisions of section twenty-seven of this Act shall not apply with respect to any order under this subsection of an inspector.” (ii.) By inserting in subsection four of this section after the words “ any carcass under this section ” the words “ or takes any action under subsection 1 a of this section ”. ' 10. The following section, numbered 29 a , is inserted New s. 29 a . after section twenty-nine of the Principal Act’ [29 a .) Unless otherwise indicated or provided, Expenses of the costs and expenses of and attendant upon the &cs“t00“’k destruction and disposal or the treatment pursuant to t0 be bome this Act of stock shall in every case be borne by the owner owner of the stock so dealt with.”