Victorian Numbered Acts

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND FOOD LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 60 OF 2012) - SECT 19

    (1)     After section 43(2) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert —

    "(2A)     The owner of cattle or pigs must not permit, suffer or allow the cattle or pigs to be provided with, or given access to, recycled water obtained from a sewerage authority.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.".

    (2)     After section 43(3) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert —

    "(3A)     Subsection (2A) does not apply to a sewerage authority which permits, suffers or allows any cattle on land owned or occupied by the sewerage authority to be provided with, or given access to, recycled water obtained from the sewerage authority.".

    (3)     In section 43(4) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 —

        (a)     in paragraph (b), for "land—" substitute "land; or";

        (b)     after paragraph (b) insert —

    "(c)     has been provided with, or given access to, recycled water obtained from a sewerage authority—";

        (c)     for "(1) or (2)" substitute "(1), (2) or (2A)".

    (4)     After section 43(6) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 insert —

    "(7)     In this section, "recycled water" has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Water Act 1989 .".