Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Prevention of Spread of Disease
23. Destruction of building
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If the Director is of the opinion that any building which has been occupied by an infected animal cannot be effectively disinfected, he may, with the approval of the Minister, by order in writing direct the owner or occupier thereof to destroy the building and to burn the materials thereof within such time as may be specified in the order.
If any direction in an order made under subsection (1) is not complied with within the time specified in the order, the Director may cause the building and the materials thereof to be destroyed.
building
“building” includes any house, hut, shed, tent, stable or enclosure, whether roofed or not, used for sheltering or confining any animal and any pen, cage, wall, gate, pillar, post, paling, frame, boarding, fence, platform, roadway, path, steps, staging, slip, wharf, dock, piles, jetty, landing stage or bridge, or any structure connected with the foregoing;
No compensation shall be payable in respect of any building which has been destroyed by the owner or occupier thereof in compliance with the direction in the order under subsection (1) or which destruction was caused by the Director under subsection (2).
owner
“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;
Any person who fails without lawful excuse 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 $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;
building
Defined · s 2“building” includes any house, hut, shed, tent, stable or enclosure, whether roofed or not, used for sheltering or confining any animal and any pen, cage, wall, gate, pillar, post, paling, frame, boarding, fence, platform, roadway, path, steps, staging, slip, wharf, dock, piles, jetty, landing stage or bridge, or any structure connected with the foregoing;
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;
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