General News
23 October, 2022
New trespass laws
NEW laws have been introduced in Victoria to allow livestock owners to voluntarily establish extra biosecurity measures on their properties, to protect them from trespassers. Changes to the Livestock Management Act 2010 and Livestock Management...
NEW laws have been introduced in Victoria to allow livestock owners to voluntarily establish extra biosecurity measures on their properties, to protect them from trespassers.
Changes to the Livestock Management Act 2010 and Livestock Management Regulations 2021 have introduced offences for non-compliance with prescribed biosecurity measures, including entering agricultural premises without consent.
Offenders will face on-the-spot fines of $1,294 for individuals and $8,321 for organisations, the toughest fines in Australia.
Further penalties of up to $11,095 for individuals and $55,476 for organisations could apply for more serious offending.
Agriculture Victoria Executive Director of Agriculture Regulatory Policy Angela Brierley says these new laws will help to deter people from trespassing on farms and better enable prosecutions of trespassers. “These new laws seek to deter behaviour that puts that hard work and the safety of their animals at risk.”