Foot and Mouth Disease (Prevention) Regulations

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (PREVENTION) [S.L.36.05 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 36.05 FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (PREVENTION) REGULATIONS 1st April, 1932; 22nd October, 1937; 24th December, 1937 GOVERNMENT NOTICES 103 of 1932 and 457 and 554 of 1937, consolidated. Title.1. The title of these Regulations is Foot and Mouth Disease (Prevention) Regulations. Interpretation.2. In these Regulations, the expression "approved pen" means any place approved in wri t ing by the Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon, in which cattle imported from abroad may be kept. Goats intended to be shipped to Gozo. 3. Goats intended to be shipped to Gozo shall be conveyed to the civil abattoir, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and kept there at the risk and expense of the owner, until tested for undulant fever. Tests.4. Goats found to give a positive test shall not be allowed to be exported; they shall be slaughtered, and compensation shall be paid in terms of regulations in force. Goats found not to give a positive test shall be so certified and shall be shipped to Gozo only from the Jetties Wharf in the Grand Harbour. Goats shipped to Gozo to be inspected. 5. Animals intended to be shipped to Gozo shall be conveyed to the landing place at Jetties Wharf for inspection by the Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon or his representative before shipment. Removal of animal if found to be affected. 6. If any animal is found to be affected with foot-and-mouth disease, it may be removed to the quarantine station and kept there under observation for such period at the Superintendent of Public Health may require, or subjected to any other sanitary precautions which that officer may see fit to impose. Imported cattle.7. All imported cattle shall be escorted from any approved landing place to an approved pen or to the Lazzarretto. Approved pens.8. All approved pens shall be kept in quarantine at the expense of the owner and access thereto shall be allowed only to persons provided with a written permit granted by the Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon. Permission in writing. 9. No cattle, offal, fodder, litter, or dung shall be removed from any approved pen without the permission in writing of the Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon who may refuse such permiss ion or gran t permiss ion under such condi t ions and restrictions as he may deem fit. Disinfection.10. All persons, animals, conveyances and utensils coming in contact with the cattle shall be disinfected, as may be directed by the Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon.