Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Prevention of Spread of Disease
19. Isolation or destruction of diseased animal
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director or an authorised officer may direct the immediate isolation or destruction of any animal if —
the animal is certified by an authorised examiner, upon any examination carried out under section 18(1), to be infected with disease;
the Director or authorised officer has other reasonable cause for believing that the animal is infected with disease; or
the Director or authorised officer has reasonable cause for believing that the animal —
may have been in contact with another animal which is infected with disease;
may have been exposed to disease; or
may perpetuate any disease.
Animal (Diseases and Quarantine)
Any person who refuses or fails without lawful excuse to isolate or destroy any animal when directed to do so by the Director or an authorised officer under subsection (1) 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.
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;
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;
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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