Livestock Management Act 2010

This section applies if—

an inspector reasonably believes that—

a livestock operator is operating under an approved compliance arrangement and has contravened, or failed to comply with, a notice to comply issued under section 46; or

a livestock operator is operating under an approved compliance arrangement and has committed an act or omission that was specified in the letter of approval relating to the approved compliance arrangement as being one which may result in a notice of suspension; or

a livestock operator has committed an offence against this Act or the regulations; or

a livestock operator has failed to comply with a prescribed livestock management standard and has failed to provide, on request by an inspector, sufficient information to satisfy the inspector that the livestock operator is operating under an approved compliance arrangement.

An inspector may issue a notice of suspension to the livestock operator.

A notice of suspension must state—

the date on which the suspension takes effect; and

the period of time of the suspension.

An inspector must forward a copy of a notice of suspension to the controlling authority that is a party to the approved compliance arrangement to which the notice relates.

For the purposes of this Act, a livestock operator to whom a notice of suspension has been issued under subsection (2) is taken not to be operating under an approved compliance arrangement in relation to a prescribed livestock management standard to which the approved compliance arrangement relates during the period set out in the notice of suspension.