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Chapter: | 421A
 | Title: | RABIES REGULATION | Gazette Number: | |
| Schedule: | 2 | Heading: | PROVISIONS THAT MAY BE APPLIED IN RABIES CONTROL AREAS | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
[sections 29 & 35]
Confinement
1. The keeper of an animal shall confine the animal on or in the land or premises on which it is usually kept or permitted to remain, where it cannot come into contact with any other animal not usually kept or permitted to remain on or in that land or those premises.
2. Notwithstanding section 1, the Director may by notice in writing permit the keeper of an animal to exercise that animal outside the land or premises on or in which it is required to be confined if-
- (a) it is held on a leash; and
(b) it is not permitted or allowed to come into contact with any other animal not usually kept or permitted to remain on or in that land or those premises.
3. Notwithstanding section 1, the Director may by notice in writing permit the keeper of an animal to move that animal to land or premises within the rabies control area, other than the land or premises on or in which it is required to be confined, if-
- (a) while it is being moved it is held on a leash or is carried in a suitable container so that it cannot come into contact with any other animal not usually kept or permit to remain on or in the land or premises on or in which it is required to be confined; and
(b) it is not permitted or allowed to come into contact, on or in the land or premises to which it is moved, with any other animal not usually kept or permitted to remain on or in of the land or premises on or in which it is required to be confined, except with the permission in writing of an authorized officer.
4. An authorized officer may give directions in writing to the keeper of an animal required to be confined under section 1, imposing such requirements and prescribing such conditions with respect to the confinement of the animal as he considers appropriate, and the keeper shall take all necessary steps to comply with such directions.
Seizure and destruction
5. An authorized officer or police officer may seize and destroy any animal in respect of which any of the provisions of this Schedule have been contravened.
6. The owner or occupier of any land or premises on or in which there is any animal in respect of which any of the provisions of this Schedule have been contravened, shall give all reasonable assistance to an authorized officer to enable him to seize or destroy such animal.
Vaccination
7. Where the keeper of an animal fails-
- (a) to have the animal vaccinated against rabies; or
(b) to ensure that the animal wears or carries a specified tag or device as evidence of its vaccination,
- (i) vaccinate the animal against rabies and identify it as having been so vaccinated in any manner authorized by section 27(1) of this Regulation; or
(ii) seize and detain or destroy or otherwise dispose of the animal as he considers appropriate.
Gatherings of animals
8. No show, exhibition, competition, sale or other gathering of animals shall be held in the rabies control area.
Births and deaths
9. The birth and death of every animal in the rabies control area shall be reported to an authorized officer or police officer without delay by the keeper of the animal or the owner or occupier of the land or premises on which the animal was born or died.
Expenses
10. The expenses of seizing or destroying any animal under section 5 or of vaccinating and identifying or seizing, detaining, destroying or otherwise disposing of an animal under section 7 may be recovered by the Government from the keeper of the animal, as a civil debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Enacted 1994)