Animal Health Act 1995. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Tasmania Document type Legislation Date 1995 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the prevention, detection and control of animal diseases, to provide for the maintenance and improvement of animal health, to repeal the Stock Act 1932 and certain other enactments and for related purposes. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Fish disease Animal health Certification Food quality control/food safety Pesticides Inspection Offences/penalties Pests/diseases Slaughtering Quarantine Animal reproduction Biotechnology International trade Authorization/permit Basic legislation Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 September 1996. Abstract This Act, consisting of 108 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by four Schedules, provides for the prevention and control of animal diseases. Under the Act "animal means any mammal (other than man), bird, insect, amphibian, fish, reptile, arthropod, crustacean, mollusc or other member of the animal kingdom, whether alive or dead, and includes — (a) the egg, embryo, ova, or sperm of an animal; and (b) any animal product or other thing from which another animal could be produced; " animal product means (a) the hide, skin, hair, wool, feather, shell, horn, fin or hoof of an animal; or (b) any part of the viscera of an animal; or (c) any bone or blood of an animal or any article or substance derived from the bone or blood of an animal; or (d) any article or substance derived from an animal whether or not in combination with any other article or substance. Part 2 makes provision for administration of animal health. The Secretary may appoint, by written instrument, a veterinary surgeon employed in the Department to be Chief Veterinary. Full text English Website www.thelaw.tas.gov.au References - Legislation Implemented by Animal Health Regulations 2006. Legislation | Australia | 2006 Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal health, Animal production, Offences/penalties, Vaccination Source: FAO, FAOLEX Animal Health (Apiaries) Regulations 2011. Legislation | Australia | 2011 Keyword: Apiculture/sericulture, Pests/diseases, Animal health, Animal production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Animal Health Regulations 2016. Legislation | Australia | 2016 Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal health, Animal production, Offences/penalties, Vaccination Source: FAO, FAOLEX