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THE MINISTER WILL BE ABLE TO DECLARE .BY INSTRUMENT AN

AREA OF LAND AS AN EXOTIC DISEASE QUARANTINE AREA. THERE

WILL .BE RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY AND DEPARTURE FROM AN

INFECTED AREA. A MAGISTRATE.WILL HAVE POWER TO ISSUE A

SEARCH WARRANT ON REASONABLE GROUNDS FOR AN INSPECTOR TO ENTER A DWELLING WEERE.CONSENT TO ENTER A-PREMISES ZS REFUSED. THE SALE OF STOCK AND. ANIMAL PRODUCTS WILL BE .SUBJECT TO RESTRICTION FROM AN INFECTED. AREA.

THE LEGISLATION WILL EMPOWER THE MINISTER TO ORDER DESTRUCTION OF ANIMALS AND MATERIAL AND.RESTRICT MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES, ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS.

THE MINISTER WILL BE ABLE TO AUTHORISE INSPECTORS TO,. INSPECT AND SEARCH. PREMISES AND TAKE SAMPLES.

THE MINISTER WILL.ALSO BE ABLE TO AUTHORISE COMPENSATION FOR ANIMALS OR PROPERTY DESTROYED.

WHILST THESE PROVISIONS -MAY. APPEAR TO.BEONEROUS, . .

I BELIEVE THEY ARE JUSTIFIED BY THE ENORMITY OF AN

OUTBREAK OF AN ANIMAL DISEASE. SUCHAN OUTBREAK COULD.

HAVE A DISASTROUS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL

INDUSTRY AND ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. IT .IS

IMPORTANT TO. REALISETHAT SIMILAR PROVISIONS ARE ...

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