Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 3
11. Power to deal with diseased animals being imported
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where the Director or an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on board any conveyance that has entered or that is about to enter Brunei Darussalam any animal that is infected with any disease, the Director or authorised officer may direct the person who is or who appears to be in command or in charge of the conveyance to take all or any of the following measures at his own expense —
ensure that any animal on board the conveyance is not (as the case requires) removed from the conveyance or brought into Brunei
Darussalam;
arrange for any animal on board the conveyance to be examined by an authorised examiner;
cause any animal on board the conveyance which is infected or reasonably suspected to be infected with any disease and any other animal on board the conveyance which has or may have come into contact with such animal to be —
destroyed and disposed of in such manner as the
Director or authorised officer may specify;
removed from Brunei Darussalam;
treated in such manner as may be specified in the direction given to him or by the authorised examiner who examined the animal;
quarantined in such manner, at such place and for such period as the Director or authorised officer may specify;
or
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prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam;
ensure that the conveyance does not enter Brunei Darussalam or remove the conveyance from Brunei Darussalam (as the case requires), if the Director is satisfied that such measure is necessary for the prevention of the introduction or spread of any disease in Brunei
Darussalam.
No compensation shall be payable in respect of any animal which is required to be destroyed and disposed of under subsection (1)(c)(i), directed to be removed from Brunei Darussalam under subsection (1)(c)(ii)
animal
“animal” means any mammal (other than man) or bird and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes;
or prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam under subsection (1)(c)(v).
Any person who fails to comply with any direction given to him under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
Terms defined in s 2
animal
Defined · s 2“animal” means any mammal (other than man) or bird and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes;
authorised examiner
Defined · s 2“authorised examiner” means any person who has been designated as such under section 3(3) and includes an authorised officer;
authorised officer
Defined · s 2“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
contact
Defined · s 2“contact” means any animal which has by contact, direct or indirect, with a diseased animal or been exposed to the risk of contracting a disease;
conveyance
Defined · s 2“conveyance” means any aircraft, vessel or vehicle and includes any other thing used for or is capable of conveying or moving persons, animals or animal materials;
disease
Defined · s 2“disease” includes any animal disease that is infectious or contagious amongst animals and includes any other disease which the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare to be a disease for the purpose of this Act;
quarantine
Defined · s 2“quarantine” means the compulsory detention in isolation of any animal or thing;
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Control of Livestock
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Search, Seizure and Arrest
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Licensing of Veterinary Centre, Veterinary Biologics and Keeping, Breeding Etc. of Animal
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