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Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Prevention of Spread of Disease
Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Prevention of Spread of Disease
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An authorised officer may require the disinfection of the body and clothing of any person who has been in contact with or in charge of or attended upon any animal infected with or in the opinion of the authorised officer infected with disease.
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
Any person who fails without lawful excuse to comply with any requirement 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;
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
contact
“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
“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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