Livestock Disease Control Act 1994. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Victoria Document type Legislation Date 1994 (2022) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Fish disease Animal health Certification Food quality control/food safety Inspection International trade Packaging/labelling Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Processing/handling Slaughtering Traceability/product tracing Public health Residues Basic legislation Pests/diseases Internal trade Vaccination Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act provides for the prevention, monitoring and control of livestock diseases and for the compensation for losses caused by certain livestock diseases. Livestock means any non-human animal, and any fish or bird, whether wild or domesticated, egg intended for hatching or bee. The objectives of the Act include: protect public health by preventing, monitoring and controlling diseases transmissible from livestock to humans; to protect domestic and export markets for livestock and livestock products by preventing, monitoring and controlling livestock diseases; to provide for the preventing, monitoring and eradication of exotic livestock diseases and to facilitate the operation of livestock identification and tracking programs for disease and residue control and market access (sect. 4). The Act consists of 149 sections and is divided into the following parts: Preliminary (1); Provisions applying to diseases generally (2); Exotic diseases (3); Provisions for particular livestock (4); Compensation (5); Duty and records (6); Administration (7); Enforcement (8); Regulations (9) and Repeals, amendments and transitional provisions (10). Full text English Website www.legislation.vic.gov.au References - Legislation Implemented by Livestock Disease Control Regulations 2006. Legislation | Australia | 2006 (2016) Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Internal trade, International trade, Certification, Data collection/reporting, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Livestock Disease Control Regulations 1995. Legislation | Australia | 1995 (2004) Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, International trade, Vaccination, Data collection/reporting, Drugs Source: FAO, FAOLEX Livestock Disease Control Regulations 2017. Legislation | Australia | 2017 (2018) Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Internal trade, International trade, Certification, Data collection/reporting, Standards, Early warning system Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Agriculture Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 22 of 2022. Legislation | Australia | 2022 Keyword: Inspection, Farming, Subsidy/incentive, Agricultural development, Meat, Slaughtering, Drugs, Toxicity/poisoning, Offences/penalties, Animal health, Pesticides, Pests/diseases, Certification, Biosecurity, Plant protection, Weeds, Hunting authorization/permit fee Source: FAO, FAOLEX