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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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No person shall move or dispose, whether by sale or otherwise, of —
any animal —
diseased;
reasonably suspected of being diseased; or
Animal (Diseases and Quarantine)
being a contact of any diseased animal or of the carcase of such an animal; or
the milk, dung or blood of such an animal, except with the written permission of an authorised officer.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year 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);
carcase
“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
“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;
quarantine
“quarantine” means the compulsory detention in isolation of any animal or thing;
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