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Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 3
Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 3
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where an authorised officer is of the opinion that any bedding, litter, fodder or other material imported by land, sea or air may convey or spread any animal disease, he may —
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
seize and detain; and
in his discretion order the destruction or disinfection of that bedding, litter, fodder or other material.
No compensation shall be payable in respect of any bedding, litter, fodder or other material that is destroyed under subsection (1).
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;
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
disease
“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;
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