Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
64. Action to be at risk and expense of owner
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any action taken under the provisions of this Act or of any regulations, order or direction made or given thereunder in respect of any animal, carcase, article, building or conveyance shall be at the risk of the owner thereof.
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;
No liability shall attach to the Director or to any officer acting under the direction of the Director in respect of any expense, loss, damage or delay arising in or from the lawful exercise of the powers under this Act.
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;
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;