Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
63. Expenses
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any expense incurred by an authorised officer or other officer in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this Act or any regulations, order or direction made or given thereunder shall be charged against the owner, consignor, consignee or importer, as the case may be, of the animal, carcase, article, building or conveyance concerned and may be recovered as a civil debt.
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
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;
carcase
Defined · s 2“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;
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;
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;