On 19/06/2013,
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General
19.
—(1) If the Director-General or an authorised officer has reason to believe that any animal or bird may be infected with any disease, he may subject that animal or bird and any article or substance which has been in contact therewith to an examination.
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(2) For the purpose of this section —
(a)
the Director-General or authorised officer may —
(i)
seize the animal or bird as well as the whole or any sample of any article or substance which has been in contact therewith and take them to the place of examination; or
(ii)
in writing direct the owner or person in charge of the animal or bird to deliver the animal or bird as well as the whole or any sample of any article or substance which has been in contact therewith to an authorised examiner at a specified place and time; and
(b)
the authorised examiner carrying out the examination may take any substance from the animal or bird or destroy the animal or bird and conduct a post-mortem examination on its carcase, if that is the appropriate method by which he may, in accordance with accepted veterinary practice, determine whether the animal or bird has been infected with any particular disease.
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(3) No compensation shall be payable in respect of any animal or bird which has been destroyed under subsection (2)(b).
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(4) Any person who —
(a)
fails without lawful excuse to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (2)(a)(ii); or
(b)
without the permission of the Director-General or an authorised officer removes any animal or bird from the place to which it has been delivered under subsection (2)(a)(ii),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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20.
—(1) The Director-General or an authorised officer may require the immediate isolation or destruction of any animal or bird if —
(a)
the animal or bird is certified by an authorised examiner, upon any examination carried out under section 19, to be infected with disease;
(b)
the Director-General or authorised officer has other reasonable cause for believing that the animal or bird is infected with disease; or
(c)
the Director-General or authorised officer has reasonable cause for believing that the animal or bird —
(i)
may have been in contact with another animal or bird which is infected with disease;
(ii)
may have been exposed to disease; or
(iii)
may perpetuate any disease.
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(2) Any person who refuses or fails without lawful excuse to isolate or destroy any animal or bird when required to do so by the Director-General or an authorised officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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21.
—(1) No compensation shall be payable in respect of any animal or bird which has been destroyed under section 20.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may in his discretion authorise the payment of such sum as he may determine as compensation in respect of any animal or bird which has been destroyed.
22.
—(1) The Director-General or an authorised officer may cause the carcase of any animal or bird to be subject to a post-mortem examination.
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Director-General or authorised officer may give written directions —
(a)
for the carcase, if already buried, to be exhumed for the purpose of a post-mortem examination; and
(b)
for the carcase to be delivered to an authorised examiner at a specified place and time.
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(3) Any person who —
(a)
fails without lawful excuse to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (2); or
(b)
without the permission of the Director-General or an authorised officer removes the carcase from the place to which it has been delivered under subsection (2)(b),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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23.
—(1) If an authorised officer considers that any animal or bird has been exposed to infection to any disease, he may give written directions for that animal or bird to be subjected to such treatment as he may consider necessary, including vaccine or serum therapy or a combination of such therapy.
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(2) Any person who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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24.
—(1) An authorised officer may give written directions for —
(a)
the disinfection in such manner as he may determine of any building in which an infected animal or bird has been found or kept;
(b)
prohibiting the use of any such building until the building has been disinfected in accordance with such directions as may have been given under paragraph (a).
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(2) Any person who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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25.
—(1) If an authorised officer is of the opinion that any building which has been occupied by an infected animal cannot be effectively disinfected, he may give written directions, with the approval of the Minister, to the owner or occupier thereof to destroy the building and to burn the materials thereof within such time as may be specified in the order.
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(2) If an order made under subsection (1) is not complied with within the time specified in the order, the authorised officer may cause the building and the materials thereof to be destroyed.
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(3) No compensation shall be payable in respect of any building which has been destroyed by the owner or occupier thereof in compliance with written directions or by an authorised officer under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be.
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(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the Minister may in his discretion authorise the payment of such sum as he may determine as compensation in respect of any building referred to in subsection (3).
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(5) Any person who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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26.
—(1) An authorised officer may give written directions for the disinfection or destruction of any bedding, clothing, harness, fitting, buckets, pails or utensils whatsoever used in connection with any infected animal or bird.
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(2) No compensation is payable in respect of any bedding, clothing, harness, fitting, buckets, pails or utensils destroyed under subsection (1).
(3) Any person who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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27.
—(1) An authorised officer may require the disinfection of the body and clothing of any person who has been in contact with or in charge of or attended upon any animal or bird infected with or in the opinion of the authorised officer infected with disease.
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(2) Any person who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with any requirement under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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28.
—(1) An authorised officer may require the disinfection of any vehicle or conveyance —
(a)
entering or leaving an area declared to be an infected area, under section 35; or
(b)
which has been used in the transport of any animal or bird infected with or in the opinion of the authorised officer infected with disease.
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(2) Any person who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with any requirement under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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29.
—(1) No person shall knowingly cast or cause or permit to be cast into any drain, ditch, water channel, street or open space, or otherwise expose any animal or bird or the carcase of any animal or bird which is or has been infected with disease or any fodder, litter, dung or thing which has been used in connection with any infected animal or bird.
(2) Any person who acts in contravention of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
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30.
—(1) Every owner or person in charge of any animal or bird infected with or reasonably suspected to be infected with disease shall —
(a)
immediately make a report to an authorised officer or to the nearest police station; and
(b)
at once cause that animal or bird and all other animals or birds which have been in contact with it to be confined and isolated until the arrival of an authorised officer.
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(2) Every owner or person in charge of any animal or bird reasonably suspected to have died of disease shall immediately report its death to the authorised officer or the nearest police station and, in the case of an animal, the carcase shall not be moved without written permission from the authorised officer.
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(3) It shall not be an offence to bury the carcase of the animal, if no instructions have been received within 24 hours of making the report referred to in subsection (2).
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(4) Where the officer in charge of a police station has communicated the contents of a report by telephone to an authorised officer, he shall as soon as possible transmit the report to the authorised officer.
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(5) Any person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to make a report as required under subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
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(6) Any person who without reasonable excuse —
(a)
fails to cause any animal or bird to be confined and isolated as is required by subsection (1); or
(b)
permits the carcase of an animal or bird to be moved in contravention of subsection (2),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
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