Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Prevention of Spread of Disease
18. Examination of animal suspected of disease
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If the Director or an authorised officer has reason to believe that any animal may be infected with any disease, he may subject that animal and any article or substance which has been in contact therewith to an examination.
For the purpose of this section —
the Director or authorised officer may —
seize the animal as well as the whole or any sample of any article or substance which has been in contact therewith and take them to the place of examination; or
give written directions to the owner or person in charge of the animal to deliver the animal as well as the whole or any sample of any article or substance which has been in contact therewith to an authorised examiner at a specified place and time; and
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the authorised examiner carrying out the examination may take any substance from the animal or destroy the animal and conduct a post-mortem examination on its carcase, if that is the appropriate method by which he may, in accordance with accepted veterinary practice, determine whether the animal has been infected with any particular disease.
No compensation shall be payable in respect of any animal which has been destroyed under subsection (2)(b).
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;
Any person who —
fails without lawful excuse to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (2)(a)(ii); or
without the permission of the Director or an authorised officer, removes any animal from the place to which it has been delivered under subsection (2)(a)(ii), is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months 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);
carcase
Defined · s 2“carcase” means the dead body of an animal and includes any part thereof and the meat, bones (whether whole, broken or ground), offal, hide, skin, wool, hair, feathers, hoof, horns or other part of an animal, separately or otherwise or any portion thereof;
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;
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;
owner
Defined · s 2“owner” includes any person for the time being in charge of any animal and any person for the time being in occupation of any building;
quarantine
Defined · s 2“quarantine” means the compulsory detention in isolation of any animal or thing;
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