Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · s 72

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72.
Regulations
(1) The Minister may, with the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act and for any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations –
(a) to provide for the designation of an authorised examiner, the conditions to be complied with by an authorised examiner and the suspension or revocation of any such designation;
(b) to provide for the manner in which the quarantining, examination, treatment and certification of animals are to be carried out;
(c) to regulate the import, export and transhipment of animals or carcases;
(d) to provide for the prevention of the introduction and spread and for the control and eradication of diseases of animals;
(e) to provide for the cleansing or disinfection of buildings or conveyance in which diseased animals or carcases have been kept or carried;

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(f) to provide for the disinfection of persons and the disinfection and treatment of animals or articles that have been in contact with diseased animals or carcases;
(g) to regulate and control the sale, marketing and distribution of animals and their products;
(h) to provide for the licensing, control, supervision and inspection of places in which animals are or may be kept in captivity for sale, export, exhibition, production, or any other purpose;
(i) to provide for the inspection of premises subject to this Act and of conveyance used for the carriage of animals;
(j) to provide for the control of pollution caused by animals and the imposition of fees and charges for the purpose of such control together with the time, place and manner of collection;
(k) to provide for the control and improvement of animal production in respect of breeding, nutrition, health, management, husbandry and method of production;
(l) to provide for the supply, collection and compilation of information and statistics of animals and their products;
(m) to provide for the establishment and designation of quarantine stations;
(n) to regulate the management and maintenance of quarantine stations and veterinary centres;
(o) to prescribe the fees to be charged for the purposes of this Act;
(p) to prescribe the offences which may be compounded under section 62 and the method and procedure by which such offences may be compounded; and
(q) to prohibit or regulate the movement of persons and conveyances within, into or out of infected places.
(3) The Minister may, in making any regulations, provide that any contravention of, or failure or neglect to comply with, any provision of the regulations or any directive issued by the Director pursuant to the regulations

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is an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

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s 72Regulations

(1)

The Minister may, with the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and

Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act and for any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations –

(a)

to provide for the designation of an authorised examiner, the conditions to be complied with by an authorised examiner and the suspension or revocation of any such designation;

(b)

to provide for the manner in which the quarantining, examination, treatment and certification of animals are to be carried out;

(c)

to regulate the import, export and transhipment of animals or carcases;

(d)

to provide for the prevention of the introduction and spread and for the control and eradication of diseases of animals;

(e)

to provide for the cleansing or disinfection of buildings or conveyance in which diseased animals or carcases have been kept or carried;

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(f)

to provide for the disinfection of persons and the disinfection and treatment of animals or articles that have been in contact with diseased animals or carcases;

(g)

to regulate and control the sale, marketing and distribution of animals and their products;

(h)

to provide for the licensing, control, supervision and inspection of places in which animals are or may be kept in captivity for sale, export, exhibition, production, or any other purpose;

(i)

to provide for the inspection of premises subject to this Act and of conveyance used for the carriage of animals;

(j)

to provide for the control of pollution caused by animals and the imposition of fees and charges for the purpose of such control together with the time, place and manner of collection;

(k)

to provide for the control and improvement of animal production in respect of breeding, nutrition, health, management, husbandry and method of production;

(l)

to provide for the supply, collection and compilation of information and statistics of animals and their products;

(m)

to provide for the establishment and designation of quarantine stations;

(n)

to regulate the management and maintenance of quarantine stations and veterinary centres;

(o)

to prescribe the fees to be charged for the purposes of this Act;

(p)

to prescribe the offences which may be compounded under section 62 and the method and procedure by which such offences may be compounded; and

(q)

to prohibit or regulate the movement of persons and conveyances within, into or out of infected places.

(3)

The Minister may, in making any regulations, provide that any contravention of, or failure or neglect to comply with, any provision of the regulations or any directive issued by the Director pursuant to the regulations

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is an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.