Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.
Note for subsection (1)
See section 65 of the Interpretation Act 1978 .
(2) The regulations may provide for the following:
(a) systems or methods of identification of livestock or other things;
(b) the registration of things associated with livestock;
(c) matters relating to waybills and health certificates;
(d) permits, authorisations or orders relating to matters under this Act;
(e) information to be included in an approved form;
(f) the control of disease in livestock, including methods of testing or treatment and the measures to be taken to decrease the risk of disease;
(g) obligations and restrictions relating to the following:
(i) feeding fodder to livestock;
(ii) the sale and supply of fodder, including the form and content of labels and invoices;
(iii) the labelling of animal products and other things, whether for the control of disease or provision of information;
(h) standards relating to the following:
(i) the management of livestock;
(ii) the humane treatment and care of livestock;
(iii) the disposal or destruction of livestock;
(i) methods of destroying livestock, animal products and other things;
(j) the enforcement of a code of practice by providing that a contravention of the code is an offence against the regulations or by other means;
(k) the verification of a matter by statutory declaration.
(3) The regulations may do any of the following:
(a) confer a discretion on the Minister, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Inspector or Registrar;
(b) apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without changes) the whole or part of a document as in force or existing at a particular time or from time to time;
(ba) prescribe fees payable under this Act;
(c) prescribe a fine, not exceeding 200 penalty units, for an offence against the regulations;
(d) provide for an offence against the regulations to be an offence of strict or absolute liability.