(1)  In this regulation –

authorised person means any of the following persons:

(a) the NLIS administrator;

(b) an authorised officer;

(c) an authorised officer as defined in the Food Act 2003 ;

(d) an authorised officer as defined in the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ;

(e) an authorised officer as defined in the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 ;

(f) an authorised officer as defined in the Public Health Act 1997 ;

(g) an inspector as defined in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 ;

(h) an officer as defined in the Animal Welfare Act 1993 ;

relevant information , in relation to the Tasmanian Livestock Register, means information in relation to any of the following purposes:

(a) to facilitate and assist the tracing of livestock for the purposes of the regulations;

(b) to protect public health and public safety;

(c) to assist in controlling or identifying the risk of disease in relation to livestock or livestock products;

(d) to enable the owner of livestock or livestock products to be identified;

(e) to facilitate and assist the transportation of livestock or livestock products;

(f) to assist in the investigation of the loss or theft of livestock or livestock products;

(g) to facilitate the provision of information in relation to the production and marketing of livestock and livestock products;

(h) to assist in the management and assessment of the welfare of livestock;

(i) to assist in the management of land used by livestock;

(j) for an authorised purpose;

(k) to further any one or more of the objectives of the Act.

(2)  The Secretary is to establish and maintain a register of Tasmanian livestock in a form, electronic and otherwise, that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

(3)  The Tasmanian Livestock Register established and maintained under subregulation (2) must contain the relevant information.

(4)  The Secretary must, if requested to do so by an authorised person –

(a) allow the authorised person to have access at any time to the information contained in the Tasmanian Livestock Register free of charge; and

(b) provide any information contained in the Tasmanian Livestock Register to the authorised person in the manner and within the time frame requested by the authorised person.

(5)  A person who is not an authorised person, by written request to the Secretary and on payment of any reasonable fee determined by the Secretary that does not exceed 50 fee units, may inspect, and obtain a copy of any information contained in, the Tasmanian Livestock Register during usual business hours, if the Secretary considers the inspection to be appropriate in the circumstances.