Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
68. Inaccuracies in documents
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No misnomer or inaccurate description of any person, animal, premises, building, street, place or conveyance named or described in any notice, order or document prepared, issued or served under or for the purposes of this Act shall in any way affect the operation of this Act as respects that person, animal, premises, building, street, place or conveyance if that person, animal, premises, building, street, place or conveyance is so designated in the notice, order or document as to be identifiable.
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 proceedings taken under or by virtue of this Act shall be invalid for want of form.
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;
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;