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SUMMARY 
OF SHEEP DIPPING LEGISLATION 
IN FORCE IN 
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 
The following is a brief summary of the Government 
altitude towards sheep infested with Ticks and Lice in the 
various States of the Commonwealth and New Zealand: 
NEW SOUTH WALES. Ticks and Lice gazetted as 
Stock Diseases. Inspectors have power to quarantine any 
flock infested with Ticks and Lice, and can compel the 
owner to dip. Penalty for breach of regulations up to £100. 
VICTORIA. Every owner is compelled to dip his 
sheep, and there is no exemption. Any breach of regu- 
lations incurs a penalty not exceeding £10. 
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Ticks and Lice are gazetted 
as Stock Diseases. Inspectors have power to compel 
owners to dip. Any breach of regulations incurs a 
penalty of not iess than £5 and not exceeding £100, or 
imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months. 
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Ticks and Lice are 
gazetted as Stock Diseases. Every owner is compelled to 
notify the nearest Stock Inspector should his sheep be 
infested with Ticks and Lice, and the Inspector has power 
to quarantine their sheep till they have been dipped. Any 
breach of regulations incurs a penalty not exceeding 5100. 
TASMANIA. To have sheep infested with Ticks and 
Lice is an offence under the Stock Act. Owners of clean 
flocks can obtain a certificate from a Stock Inspector to 
that effect, and are not compelled to dip. Stock Inspectors 
can compel all owners of Tick and Lice infested flocks to 
dip their sheep. Any breach of regulations incurs a 
penalty not exceeding £20. 
QUEENSLAND. In 1921 Ticks and Lice were 
gazetted as Stock Diseases, and Inspectors were em- 
powered to quarantine any flock infested with Ticks and 
Lice—and compel the owner to dip. 
NEW ZEALAND. Ticks and Lice are gazetted as 
Stock Diseases. Every owner is compelled to dip his 
sheep, and there is no exemption. Sheep have to be 
dipped in the North Island between 1st January and 31st 
March, and elsewhere between 1st February and 3oth April. 
Penalty for neglecting to dip not exceeding £50. 
