Stock Diseases Act 1923 Stock Diseases (General) Amendment (Ruminants' Feed) Regulation 2001 (2001-865) [GG No 171 of 2.11.2001, p 8933] (NSW)

2001 No 865

Stock Diseases (General) Amendment New South Wales

(Ruminants’ Feed) Regulation 2001

under the

Stock Diseases Act 1923

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Stock Diseases Act 1923.

RICHARD AMERY, M.P.,

Minister for Agriculture

Explanatory note

Section 20FB of the Stock Diseases Act 1923 provides that persons must not feed prohibited substances (being substances prescribed by the regulations) to certain prescribed stock. Clause 30 of the Stock Diseases (General) Regulation 1997 prescribes mammalian material as a prohibited substance in relation to ruminants. The object of this Regulation is to amend clause 30 of the Stock Diseases (General) Regulation 1997 to provide that all animal material (other than tallow and gelatin) is a prohibited substance in relation to ruminants.

This Regulation is made under the Stock Diseases Act 1923, including sections

20FB and 23 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 171 of 2 November 2001, page 8933	Page 1
[4]
2001 No 865
Clause 1	Stock Diseases (General) Amendment (Ruminants’ Feed) Regulation 2001

Stock Diseases (General) Amendment (Ruminants’
Feed) Regulation 2001

1. Name of Regulation

   This Regulation is the Stock Diseases (General) Amendment
   (Ruminants’ Feed) Regulation 2001.

2. Amendment of Stock Diseases (General) Regulation 1997

   The Stock Diseases (General) Regulation 1997 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

2001 No 865

Stock Diseases (General) Amendment (Ruminants’ Feed)

Regulation 2001

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

1. Clause 30 Feeding of certain material to ruminants: section 20FB

Omit “mammalian material” wherever occurring in clause 30 (1) and (2).
Insert instead “restricted animal material”.

1. Clause 30 (3) and (4)

   Omit the subclauses. Insert instead:

(3)	Nothing in this clause prevents a person who acquired stock food that complied with clause 9 of the Stock Foods Regulation 1997, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Stock Foods Amendment (Ruminants’ Feed) Regulation 2001, from feeding such stock food to an animal in accordance with a statement contained on a label attached to, or provided with, such stock food.
(4)	Subclause (3) ceases to have effect on 1 January 2002.

1. Clause 30 (5)

Omit the definition of mammalian material (and the note to that
definition).
Insert instead:

restricted animal material means tissue, blood or feathers derived from the carcass of an animal and includes any substance produced from or containing any such tissue, blood or feathers, but does not include tallow or gelatin.

Note. Milk products are not regarded as restricted animal material as they are not tissue or blood derived from the carcass of an animal.

BY AUTHORITY