Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LIVESTOCK ACT 2008 - SECT 33

    (1)     An inspector may do any of the following:

        (a)     search for, trap and destroy vectors of disease;

        (b)     investigate the following:

            (i)     the cause of a disease in livestock or other things;

            (ii)     whether or not livestock or other things are infected;

            (iii)     a source that is likely to cause or to have caused livestock or other things to be infected;

        (c)     inspect or examine a thing or place for the presence of a disease or animal pathogen.

    (2)     An inspector may take a sample of a carcass, tissue of livestock or any other thing to be tested for the presence of a disease, biological preparation, chemical or veterinary drug.

    (3)     In exercising a power under this section, an inspector may destroy an animal or animal product only if:

        (a)     it is necessary to do so to enable a proper diagnosis or investigation to be made; and

        (b)     the Chief Inspector or owner of the animal or animal product consents to its destruction.