Propagation, &c., of declared pest or declared disease
14 Propagation, &c., of declared pest or declared disease
The breeding, propagation, growing, raising, feeding, cloning or culturing of – a declared pest; or a declared disease; or an unknown pest; or an unknown disease – is prescribed to be a prohibited dealing for the purposes of section 17(2) of the Act.
Without limiting subregulation (1), the owner or occupier of premises is taken to be responsible for the breeding, propagation, growing, raising, feeding, cloning or culturing of a pest or disease that is present on the premises at the time of the alleged dealing, unless he or she establishes that – he or she had taken all reasonable and practicable measures to prevent, eliminate or minimise the presence of the pest or disease on the premises; and he or she did not know of the presence of the pest or disease on the premises; and in the circumstances, he or she could not reasonably be expected to have known of the presence of the pest or disease on the premises.
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