Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LIVESTOCK ACT 2008 - SECT 3

The object of this Act is to promote a sustainable livestock industry and associated industries by:

        (a)     establishing methods of identifying and tracing livestock; and

        (b)     supporting market access to, and product integrity of, livestock and livestock products; and

        (ba)     providing for the making and enforcement of biosecurity management plans; and

        (c)     regulating the movement of livestock, animal products and other things associated with livestock; and

        (d)     protecting the health and welfare of livestock by establishing standards and procedures for managing livestock, controlling diseases and implementing the national biosecurity strategy and by other means; and

        (e)     providing compensation for losses caused by certain livestock diseases.