APPENDIX IV. 



THE STOCK ACTS AND REGULATIONS. 



WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE THE ACTS AND REGULATIONS. 



(Compiled at flu' request of the Bureau, by Mr. Norman Malcolm, Stick Injector.) 



The Western Australian Government has succeeded, in the drafting of its 

 Stock Acts and Regulations, in doing that which the Parliaments of the various 

 other colonies have failed in, viz., in presenting them to the public in so concise 

 and concentrated a form as to make the intention of the Legislature patent to all. 

 The law relating to diseases in stock is consolidated (with the exception of scab 

 in sheep) in "The Stock Diseases Act, 1895," which gives the Governor in Council 

 almost unlimited range of power in the control of stock matters. As an instance 

 of this the Governor may, by Order in Council, published in the Government 

 Gazette, prohibit or permit the introduction or importation of stock from time to 

 time from any country or place, while he may exempt any stock from the operation 

 of certain provisions of the act. But even here the power does not rest, for the 

 Governor may make, vary, alter or revoke from time to time, any regulations made 

 under the act, and, in cases of special emergency, any such Order of the Governor 

 in Council may be transmitted by telegraph. The penalty for wilfully disobeying, 

 contravening or omitting to observe any such order is limited to 100. 



OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE. 



In the event of a stock-owner discovering any infectious or contagious disease 

 or if he suspects the presence of any such disease among his stock, within 24 hours 

 he must give written notice to the nearest inspector, at the same time isolating the 

 infected or suspected animals until the arrival of the inspector. Should the inspector 

 deem it necessary, he may, on finding such diseased stock, or stock affected with 

 tick, or lice, or any parasite, seize and place them in quarantine, where they are 

 treated as the inspector may direct, at the owner's expense, until clean ; or if the 

 disease is of such a nature that, in the opinion of the inspector, such stock should 

 be destroyed, the inspector shall report the case to the Minister controlling the 

 department, who may order the destruction of the stock at the owner's expense. 

 In the latter case the carcases of any infected stock must be destroyed by the 

 owner, his agent or servant, within 24 hours, in default of which either is liable to 

 a penalty not exceeding 100, while a similar penalty may be inflicted if the 

 carcase of an infected animal is cast into any stream, river, pond, lake or other 

 water. 



A special clause is also inserted in the Regulations under " The Stock Diseases 

 Act, 1895," for dealing with animals suspected of being affected with tuberculosis, 

 by which an inspector may subject such animal to the tuberculine test. 



IMPORTED STOCK. 



AJ1 stock imported into Western Australia from the Australian colonies and 

 New Zealand, excepting Queensland and the Northern Territory of South Australia, 

 must be accompanied by the certificate of a government inspector at the port of 

 shipment, that they are clean, in addition to the declaration of the owner or 

 breeder, or the manager of the farm or station from which they come, that the 

 stock were free from disease at the time of their departure, and had been, to the 

 best of his belief, for three months preceeding shipment. On being accompanied 

 by such documents, if passed by an inspector at the port of landing, all stock are 



