Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 3
7. No person to import or tranship any animal or veterinary biologics without licence
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Except as provided in any order made under section 6(1), no person shall import or tranship any animal or veterinary biologics, except in accordance with a licence issued in that behalf by the Director and in accordance with the conditions (if any) of that licence as he may determine.
import
“import” includes the importation into Brunei Darussalam of goods in transit and goods which are to be transhipped;
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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;
A licence to import or tranship any animal or veterinary biologics under this Act may be obtained on an application made in such form as the
tranship
“tranship” means to remove any goods imported from the vehicle, aircraft or ship in which they were imported and either return them to the same vehicle, aircraft or ship or transfer them to another vehicle, aircraft or ship before being exported, whether such goods are to be transferred directly between such vehicles, aircraft or ships or whether they are to be landed in Brunei Darussalam after their importation and kept at any place pending exportation;
Director may determine and upon the payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
Any person importing or transhipping any animal or veterinary biologics in contravention of 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.
veterinary biologics
“veterinary biologics” means any virus, serum, toxin, and analogous product of natural or synthetic origin, including genetically modified organisms, diagnostics, antitoxins, vaccines, live micro-organisms, killed micro-organisms, and the antigenic or immunising component of micro-organisms intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases of animals, or for purposes of research in animals;
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;
import
Defined · s 2“import” includes the importation into Brunei Darussalam of goods in transit and goods which are to be transhipped;
quarantine
Defined · s 2“quarantine” means the compulsory detention in isolation of any animal or thing;
tranship
Defined · s 2“tranship” means to remove any goods imported from the vehicle, aircraft or ship in which they were imported and either return them to the same vehicle, aircraft or ship or transfer them to another vehicle, aircraft or ship before being exported, whether such goods are to be transferred directly between such vehicles, aircraft or ships or whether they are to be landed in Brunei Darussalam after their importation and kept at any place pending exportation;
veterinary biologics
Defined · s 2“veterinary biologics” means any virus, serum, toxin, and analogous product of natural or synthetic origin, including genetically modified organisms, diagnostics, antitoxins, vaccines, live micro-organisms, killed micro-organisms, and the antigenic or immunising component of micro-organisms intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases of animals, or for purposes of research in animals;
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Prevention of Spread of Disease
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Control of Livestock
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Search, Seizure and Arrest
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Licensing of Veterinary Centre, Veterinary Biologics and Keeping, Breeding Etc. of Animal
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Quarantine
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Offences and Penalties
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