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Animal Health Act 1995.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Tasmania
Document type
Legislation
Date
1995 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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