Animals Act 1975.

This Act provides for importation of animals, animal disease control, and powers of inspectors. The Act also provides that no person shall import or introduce any animal, animal product, animal manure, packing material, fittings or fodder into the Cook Islands, without the written permit of the Minister or of a person authorised by him on that behalf. Among others, the Act further provides for quarantine grounds, prohibition on importation or liberation of certain animals, duty to prevent animals from being landed, illegal introduction of animals, emergency restrictions on importation, control of importation of animals etc. and prevention of introduction of disease, proclamation of animal disease emergency, emergency powers for prevention of introduction or spread of disease, control of disease and destruction of diseased animals, compensation for animals slaughtered on account of any Second Schedule disease, cases in which compensation is not payable, regulations for preventing spread of disease, and powers of inspectors.