Environment Protection Act 1993

Cattle Feedlots carrying on an operation for holding in a confined yard or area and feeding principally by mechanical means or by hand—

not less than an average of 500 cattle per day over any period of

where the yard or area is situated in a water protection area (as declared under Part

Saleyards the commercial conduct of yards at which cattle, sheep or other animals are gathered or confined for the purpose of their sale, auction or exchange, including associated transport loading facilities, being yards with a throughput exceeding 50 000 sheep equivalent units per year [sheep equivalent units: 1 sheep or goat = 1 unit, 1 pig (< 40kg) = 1 unit, 1 pig (> 40kg) = 4 units, 1 cattle (< 40kg) = 3 units, 1 cattle (40—400kg) = 6 units, 1 cattle (> 400kg) = 8 units].

Piggeries the conduct of a piggery (being premises having confined or roofed structures for keeping pigs) with a capacity of—

in the case of a piggery located wholly outside of a water protection area—6 500 or more standard pig units; or

in the case of a piggery located wholly or partly within a water protection area—650 or more standard pig units. In this subclause—

by reference to clause 4.3 of the National Environmental Guidelines for

in a manner approved by the Environment Protection Authority and published on a website determined by the Environment Protection

Poultry Farms—broiler the conduct of a broiler farm, being premises for the growing of poultry meat where the total area of the sheds or structures used to keep the poultry is 13 500 square metres or more. In this subclause—