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(Consolidated up to 241/2009)
ALBERTA REGULATION 69/2000
Animal Health Act
LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL REGULATION
Table of Contents
1 Definitions
2 Records
3 Inspector’s access to records
4 Assistance to inspectors
5 Order to detain livestock
6 Order to close
7 Expiry
Definitions
1 In this Regulation,
(a) “chief provincial veterinarian” means a veterinarian appointed to that position in the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
(b) “contributor” means the person who owns livestock that is brought to a livestock market or livestock assembling station;
(c) “livestock assembling station” means any area of land, including buildings, pens, fences, gates, chutes, weigh scales and any other equipment located on the land that is operated to assemble livestock for shipment by any form of transportation, and includes any premises maintained with respect to the movement of livestock by a common carrier as a convenience to the public;
(d) “livestock market” means any area of land, including buildings, pens, fences, gates, chutes, weigh scales and any other equipment located on the land that is operated as a public market for the purchase and sale, or either of them, of livestock or for the receiving of livestock by an operator on consignment, but does not include a pet store;
(e) “operator” means the operator of a livestock market or a livestock assembling station.
AR 69/2000 s1;35/2007;68/2008
Records
2(1) The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station shall keep a detailed record of each transaction relating to livestock that takes place at the facility, including
(a) the name and address of every contributor whose livestock is present at the facility, and
(b) the number, species, sex, breed and description of each contributor’s livestock that is present at the facility.
(2) The operator of a livestock market shall also note in the detailed record kept under subsection (1) the name and address of each purchaser of livestock and the name of the contributor of that livestock.
(3) The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station shall maintain a record kept under this section for 24 months from the date that the transaction took place.
Inspector’s access to records
3(1) On the request of an inspector, the operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station shall
(a) make available for inspection by the inspector any record made under section 2, and
(b) permit the inspector to remove that record for the purpose of making copies.
(2) Where an inspector removes any record under subsection (1)(b), the inspector shall as soon as practicable make the required copies and return the record to the person from whom it was acquired.
Assistance to inspectors
4 The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station shall provide sufficient employees to assist an inspector in making an inspection.
Order to detain livestock
5(1) For the purpose of
(a) inspecting livestock, or
(b) controlling or eradicating a communicable disease of livestock,
the chief provincial veterinarian or a veterinary inspector authorized for the purpose by the chief provincial veterinarian may order the operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station to detain in a pen at the facility livestock located at the facility.
(2) Where livestock is detained under subsection (1), the chief provincial veterinarian or a veterinary inspector authorized for the purpose by the chief provincial veterinarian may place on the pen in which the livestock is detained a notice stating “WARNING B LIVESTOCK IN THIS PEN MUST NOT BE REMOVED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE CHIEF PROVINCIAL VETERINARIAN. BY ORDER OF ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT”.
(3) Where the notice referred to in subsection (2) is placed on a pen, only a person authorized by the chief provincial veterinarian may
(a) remove any livestock from that pen,
(b) put more livestock in that pen,
(c) enter that pen, or
(d) remove, mutilate or destroy the notice.
AR 69/2000 s5;35/2007;68/2008
Order to close
6(1) Where the chief provincial veterinarian or a veterinary inspector authorized for the purpose by the chief provincial veterinarian forms the opinion on reasonable grounds that
(a) the movement of livestock or a species of livestock to or from a livestock market or livestock assembling station, or
(b) the conduct of sales or other transactions with respect to livestock or a species of livestock at a livestock market,
constitutes a threat to the health of livestock or a species of livestock, the chief provincial veterinarian or the veterinary inspector may order the operator of that livestock market or livestock assembling station to close the entire livestock market or livestock assembling station until in the opinion of the chief provincial veterinarian or the veterinary inspector that health threat has been removed.
(2) Where a livestock market or livestock assembling station is closed under subsection (1), the chief provincial veterinarian or veterinary inspector authorized for the purpose by the chief provincial veterinarian may place at each entrance to the livestock market or livestock assembling station a notice stating “CLOSED. BY ORDER OF ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT”.
(3) Where the notice referred to in subsection (2) is placed at each entrance of a livestock market or livestock assembling station, only a person authorized by the chief provincial veterinarian may remove, mutilate or destroy the notice.
AR 69/2000 s6;35/2007;68/2008
Expiry
7 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on November 30, 2010.
AR 69/2000 s7;354/2003;241/2009
