Animal (Diseases) Law

This Law provides for preventing the introduction and spread of infectious or contagious disease amongst animals. The Law defines the following relevant terms: animal, including ostriches and birds; carcass; cattle; disease; fodder; litter; stock, including: horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes (domesticated) and swine; therapeutic substance. The Law concerns the following purposes, even through targeted Regulations: examination, testing, isolation, inoculation, removal, disinfection, branding, and slaughter of animals infected or suspected of being infected with any diseases; prescribing and regulating the destruction, burial, digging-up, disposal or treatment of any carcass or of any fodder, litter, utensils, pens, hurdles, dung or other thing being in an infected place; regulating the movement of animals within the State; prohibiting the movement of animals into any area in which there is or is suspected to be any disease, and for prohibiting or restricting the removal from any such area of any animal, carcass, hide, skin, hair, wool, litter, fodder, semen or therapeutic substance; declaring any area to be a controlled area for purposes connected with the control of any disease and for eradicating such disease from such area and for preventing its introduction or re-introduction thereto; providing for disinfection of persons and their clothing who have been in contact with or employed about animals which are suffering or are suspected to be suffering from diseases; reporting of cases of disease or death amongst animals; disinfecting building and premises; prohibiting in any place where disease exists the performance of any native custom likely to tend to the dissemination of such disease; requiring or regulating the branding of stock, prescribing the brands which may or shall be used and providing for the registration of brands; prescribing and regulating the seizure, detention, disposal and forfeiture of any animal; prescribing the fees to be paid for any examination, inoculation, testing or disinfection, or for any certificate, licence, permit or other thing issued or done under any regulation under this Law; prescribing compensation to be paid to the owners of any animal slaughtered, or to the owners of any carcass destroyed because it is suspected of being infected with diseases; prescribing and regulating the construction, position and proper sanitary maintenance of any place where an animal is kept.