Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsThe purposes of this Act are—
(a) to amend the Impounding of Livestock Act 1994 —
(i) to provide for an additional entry and impoundment power for authorised officers of councils relating to inadequately confined livestock; and
(ii) to provide that notices regarding trespassing or inadequately confined livestock may be served on owners or occupiers of land as well as livestock owners; and
(iii) to make other miscellaneous amendments to that Act; and
(b) to amend the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 —
(i) to provide for additional offences relating to cattle, pigs and bees; and
(ii) to give power to the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industries to cancel beekeeper registrations if certain fees are not paid; and
(iii) to give power to the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industries to request information about land from Councils; and
(iv) to insert additional infringement offences; and
(v) to make other miscellaneous amendments to that Act; and
(c) to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 —
(i) to insert a defence to cruelty and aggravated cruelty offences in that Act if acting in accordance with a prescribed code of practice; and
(ii) to provide that orders disqualifying persons from being in charge of animals be able to be made against persons found guilty without a conviction or not guilty because of mental impairment of serious offences as well as persons convicted of such offences; and
(iii) to give inspectors the power to, by notice, require production of documents relating to possible offences against that Act and include an offence for non-compliance with the notice; and
(iv) to provide for an additional search and entry power under a warrant for documents relating to possible offences against that Act; and
(v) to insert additional offences relating to the discharge of authorized officers' powers under Part 3 of that Act; and
(vi) to make other miscellaneous amendments to that Act; and
(d) to amend the Food Act 1984 —
(i) to confer certain functions on the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industries in relation to primary food production and related activities; and
(ii) to provide for persons or bodies to be declared as a declared authority for the purposes of Chapter 4 of the Food Standards Code; and
(iii) to provide for persons to be exempted from certain requirements of the Food Standards Code; and
(iv) to provide for orders to be made directing persons conducting primary food production and related activities; and
(v) to extend the enforcement powers under Part IV of that Act to apply in respect of food handled during primary food production; and
(vi) to make other consequential and miscellaneous amendments to that Act; and
(e) to amend the Local Government Act 1989 to require Councils to make certain information relating to land available to the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industries.