Animals (Diseases and Importation) (Amendment) Act, 2022

2022-03-16 OBJECTS AND REASONS This Bill would amend the Animals (Diseases and Importation) Act, Cap. 253. Arrangement of Sections Short title Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 253 Repeal and replacement of section 11 of Cap. 253 Insertion of Schedule into Cap. 253 SCHEDULE 1. 2. 3. 4. 2 BARBADOS A Bill entitled An Act to amend the Animals (Diseases and Importation) Act. ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows: Short title This Act may be cited as the Animals (Diseases and Importation) (Amendment) Act, 2022. 1. Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 253 Section 2 of the Animals (Diseases and Importation) Act, Cap. 253, in this Act referred to as the principal Act, is amended by deleting the definition “communicable animal disease” and substituting the following: “ “communicable animal disease” means a disease specified in the Schedule;”; inserting in alphabetical order, the following definition: “ “disease” means communicable animal disease;”; and deleting the definition “diseased”. Repeal and replacement of section 11 of Cap. 253 Section 11 of the principal Act is deleted and the following is substituted: “Amendment of Schedule The Minister may by Order amend the Schedule.”.11. Insertion of Schedule into Cap. 253 The principal Act is amended by inserting after Part IV, the Schedule set out in the Schedule in this Act. 2. (a) (b) (c) 3. 4. 4 http://barbadosparliament-laws.com/en/showdoc/cs/253 SCHEDULE (Section 4) “SCHEDULE (Section 2) Communicable Animal Diseases Actino-mycosis (lumpy-jaw) African Swine Fever Amblyomma Variegatum Anthrax Brucellosis (B. abortus, B. mellitensis, B. suis) Canine Distemper Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia Dermatophilosis Dourine Strangles (equine distemper) Equine Encephalomyelitis Equine Infectious Anaemia (swamp fever) Epizootic Lymphangitis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 5 Foot and Mouth disease Glanders (farcy) Heart-water Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Classical Swine Fever (hog cholera) Paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease) Newcastle disease Avian Chlamydiosis (psittacosis, ornithosis) Fowl Typhoid and Pullorum disease Rabies Rinderpest Surra Tuberculosis (Bovine and Avian)”. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 6 Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of , 2022. Speaker Read three times and passed the Senate this day of , 2022. President 7