Chapter:	139A	Title:	PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	13	Heading:	Equines to be malleined	Version Date:	30/06/1997

All equines shall be malleined under the supervision of the senior veterinary officer within 10 days of arrival in Hong Kong and shall be re-tested not less than 30 or more than 45 days after such malleining, unless a mallein certificate is produced to the senior veterinary officer and he is satisfied therewith, in which case a re-test shall be carried out not less than 30 or more than 45 days after the date of the original test as stated in such certificate:
Provided that, in the case of equines which are declared on arrival to be intended for export within 1 month, the senior veterinary officer may, in his discretion and subject to such conditions as he may think desirable, dispense with malleining for that period.