Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Search, Seizure and Arrest
44. Power of search for diseased animals
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purpose of ascertaining whether any animal is suffering from disease or for the purpose of ascertaining whether any offence against this Act has been or is being committed —
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 authorised officer or police officer may, at any reasonable time, enter and inspect any land, building or premises on or in which he believes on reasonable grounds there is any animal or thing in respect of which this Act or any regulations made thereunder may apply and the owner of the land, building, premises or animal shall render the authorised officer or police officer all necessary assistance and furnish such information as may be required of him;
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any authorised officer, officer of customs or police officer may stop, enter and examine any conveyance used for carrying animals and take all measures necessary to enable such examination as the authorised officer or police officer considers necessary to be made;
any authorised officer or police officer may open any receptacle, baggage, package, cage or other thing that the authorised officer or police officer believes on reasonable grounds contains any animal or thing in respect of which this Act or any regulations made thereunder may apply;
require the person in charge or in control of any vehicle to produce his vehicle to an authorised officer or police officer, and shall, if so required, move his vehicle to another place for examination, and shall not proceed until permission to do so has been given by the authorised officer;
require any person in charge or in control of any vehicle stopped for inspection under subsection (1)(c) to open all parts of the vehicle for examination by the authorised officer or police officer.
Any authorised officer, officer of customs or police officer acting under subsection (1) may, if the circumstances so warrant, with such assistance as he thinks necessary, remove anything obstructing his entry to the premises or conveyance or break open any door, window, lock, fastener, hold, compartment, box, container or any other thing.
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
No compensation shall be payable to any person in respect of any damage to his property caused or occasioned by any act authorised by subsection (2).
Any person in charge of a conveyance who does not stop when he is required to do so by any authorised officer, officer of customs or police officer under subsection (1)(b) 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.
conveyance
“conveyance” means any aircraft, vessel or vehicle and includes any other thing used for or is capable of conveying or moving persons, animals or animal materials;
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 officer
Defined · s 2“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
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;
conveyance
Defined · s 2“conveyance” means any aircraft, vessel or vehicle and includes any other thing used for or is capable of conveying or moving persons, animals or animal materials;
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;
examine
Defined · s 2“examine”, in relation to any animal or the carcase thereof, means to carry out in respect of such animal or carcase, such manner of inspection, examination and test as may be necessary for the purposes of determining whether the animal or carcase thereof is infected with any disease;
officer of customs
Defined · s 2“officer of customs” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Customs Order, 2006;
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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