Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision)

CAYMAN ISLANDS Animals Act (2024 Revision) ANIMALS (EXPORTATION, IMPORTATION, PROTECTION AND CONTROL) REGULATIONS (2024 Revision) Supplement No. 5 published with Legislation Gazette No. 4 dated 1st February, 2024. Page 2 Revised as at 31st December, 2023 c PUBLISHING DETAILS Revised under the authority of the Law Revision Act (2020 Revision). The Animals Regulations made the 1st February, 1977, as amended by the Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 [Act 56 of 2020]. Consolidated with the — Animals (Control) Regulations made the 2nd August, 1977 Animals (Protection) Regulations, 1989 (part) made the 19th December, 1989 Animals (Amendment) Regulations 1993 made the 8th June, 1993 Animals (Amendment) Regulations 1994 made the 11th January, 1994. Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 made the 9th July, 1996 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) (Fees) Regulations, 1997 (sic) made the 31st December, 1996 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 made the 27th July, 2000 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) (Prohibitions) Regulations, 2001 made the 17th April, 2001 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 made the 10th June, 2003 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2003 made the 25th November, 2003. Consolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2023. Note (not forming part of these regulations): This revision replaces the 2004 Revision which should now be discarded. Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 3 CAYMAN ISLANDS Animals Act (2024 Revision) ANIMALS (EXPORTATION, IMPORTATION, PROTECTION AND CONTROL) REGULATIONS (2024 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations Regulation Page PART 1 - Introductory 1. Citation ......................................................................................................................................5 PART 2 - Export and Import of Animals 2. Exportation of live animals .........................................................................................................5 3. Licence for importation of live animals .......................................................................................5 4. Importation of carcasses ............................................................................................................6 PART 3 - Protection of Animals 5. Close season .............................................................................................................................6 6. Limitation on number of game birds which may be taken ...........................................................7 PART 4 - Control of Animals 7. Establishment of pounds and poundkeepers..............................................................................7 8. Fee for service of notice of animals impounded .........................................................................7 9. Fee for maintenance of impounded animals...............................................................................7 10. Poundkeepers remuneration ......................................................................................................7 11. Seizure fees ..............................................................................................................................7 Arrangement of Regulations Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Page 4 Revised as at 31st December, 2023 c FIRST SCHEDULE 9 SECOND SCHEDULE 10 THIRD SCHEDULE 12 FOURTH SCHEDULE 13 ENDNOTES 15 Table of Legislation history: ............................................................................................................... 15 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Regulation 1 c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 5 CAYMAN ISLANDS Animals Act (2024 Revision) ANIMALS (EXPORTATION, IMPORTATION, PROTECTION AND CONTROL) REGULATIONS (2024 Revision) PART 1 - Introductory 1. Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision). PART 2 - Export and Import of Animals 2. Exportation of live animals 2. No live animal may be exported from the Islands save under licence issued by the Director of the Department of Agriculture (the “Director”), after application made to the Director in writing and payment of the fee prescribed in the First Schedule. 3. Licence for importation of live animals 3. The forms of licences for the import and export of live animals are prescribed in the Second Schedule. Regulation 4 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Page 6 Revised as at 31st December, 2023 c 4. Importation of carcasses 4. (1) No carcass, whether fresh, frozen, chilled, cured, pickled or otherwise preserved or treated, of any animal, nor any part of such carcass, with the exception of poultry, shall be imported into the Islands from — (a) the Republic of Ireland; (b) the United Kingdom or any other country of the European Union; and (c) any other country or territory in which bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been identified by local authorities, until such time as the Director may specify by notice published in the Gazette. (2) No carcass, whether fresh, frozen, chilled, cured, pickled or otherwise preserved or treated, of any animal, nor any part of such carcass, mentioned in column 1 of the Third Schedule, nor any part of such carcass, shall be imported into the Islands unless it is imported — (a) directly from one of the countries specified in the corresponding part of column 2 of the Third Schedule; and (b) in accordance with such conditions as may be laid down by the Director. (3) Thoroughly cooked boneless meat may be imported into the Islands in hermetically sealed metal cans from any country with the exception of — (a) the Republic of Ireland; and (b) the United Kingdom or any other country of the European Union. (4) Notwithstanding subregulation (3), thoroughly cooked boneless meat derived from poultry and swine may be imported into the Islands in hermetically sealed metal cans from any country. (5) The only meat which may be imported into the Islands from Nicaragua is boneless meat. (6) In this regulation — “thoroughly cooked meat” means meat that has been subjected to heat treatment and which has attained a temperature of not less than one hundred and seventy degrees Fahrenheit at the central point for a period of not less than thirty minutes. PART 3 - Protection of Animals 5. Close season 5. The period from 1st February to the 31st July inclusive in each year is prescribed as a close season for the purposes of sections 2 and 67. Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Regulation 6 c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 7 6. Limitation on number of game birds which may be taken 6. The limit on the number of game birds which may be taken by one person on any one day is — (a) twelve White-Winged Doves, twelve White-Crowned Pigeons or any combination thereof: Provided that the number of such birds taken shall not exceed twelve; and (b) three Blue-Winged Teal. PART 4 - Control of Animals 7. Establishment of pounds and poundkeepers 7. The places and persons set forth in Parts I and II of the Fourth Schedule are established as pounds and appointed as poundkeepers respectively for the purposes of section 50. 8. Fee for service of notice of animals impounded 8. The prescribed fee for the service of notices for the purposes of section 51 is ten dollars per animal. 9. Fee for maintenance of impounded animals 9. The daily prescribed daily maintenance fee for impounded animals for the purposes of section 53 is ten dollars per animal. 10. Poundkeepers remuneration 10. For the purposes of section 48, poundkeepers are entitled to retain fifty per cent of all fees collected by them under regulation 8 and the whole of all fees collected under regulation 9. 11. Seizure fees 11. (1) The prescribed seizure fee for the purposes of section 50 is twenty-five dollars per animal. Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) FIRST SCHEDULE c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 9 FIRST SCHEDULE (regulation 3) FEES 1. For the issue of an export licence authorising the export of a specified animal on one occasion $20 2. For the issue of an import licence authorising the import of a specified animal on one occasion $50 3. For the issue of a licence authorising the import and export of a specified animal on multiple occasions $150 SECOND SCHEDULE Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Page 10 Revised as at 31st December, 2023 c SECOND SCHEDULE FORMS Form AN 1 ANIMALS ACT (2024 Revision) ANIMALS (EXPORTATION, IMPORTATION, PROTECTION AND CONTROL) REGULATIONS (2024 Revision) ANIMAL EXPORT LICENCE (regulation 4) Consignor Consignee Address Address Description of Animal Age Sex Breed Brand or other means of identification *I hereby certify that I have examined the above and find it/them to be free of any communicable disease, and that to the best of my knowledge the said has/have not been exposed to distemper. There is no rabies or foot and mouth disease in the Cayman Islands. The above consignor, having paid the prescribed fee of $ , is hereby licensed to export the said . Date Director *Certificate to be adjusted as appropriate to the class of animal. Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) SECOND SCHEDULE c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 11 ANIMALS ACT Form AN 2 (2024 Revision) ANIMALS (EXPORTATION, IMPORTATION, PROTECTION AND CONTROL) REGULATIONS (2024 Revision) (regulation 3) ANIMAL IMPORT LICENCE Licence is hereby granted to of to import into the Cayman Islands from the animals listed below on or about the day of , 20 . This licence is issued subject to observance of the following conditions Description of Animal Species Age Sex Colour Markings Tests performed Results Vaccination The fee of $ has been paid. This Licence is valid until the day of , 20 . Date Director THIRD SCHEDULE Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Page 12 Revised as at 31st December, 2023 c THIRD SCHEDULE SPECIFIED COUNTRIES (regulation 4) Column 1 Column 2 Sheep, goats, and deer Australia Canada Caricom States Costa Rica Honduras New Zealand Nicaragua United States of America Swine Australia Canada Caricom States Costa Rica Honduras New Zealand Nicaragua Republic of Ireland United Kingdom European Union countries United States of America Cattle Australia Canada Caricom States Costa Rica Honduras New Zealand Nicaragua United Kingdom United States of America Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) FOURTH SCHEDULE c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 13 FOURTH SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED POUNDS, POUNDKEEPERS AND AIRFIELDS PART 1 (regulation 7) Pounds — 1. Agricultural Nursery on the airport land at Smith Road, Grand Cayman 2. Agricultural Farm at Lower Valley, Grand Cayman 3. In any area south of the runway at Garrard Smith International Airport, Cayman Brac 4. District Office area at Little Cayman PART 2 (regulation 7) Poundkeepers — 1. Chief Agricultural and Veterinary Officer 2. Chief Airport Fire Officer 3. Supervisor, Public Works, Cayman Brac 4. District Officer, Little Cayman PART 3 (regulation 11(1)(a)) Airfields — 1. Owen Roberts International Airport, Grand Cayman 2. Garrard Smith International Airport, Cayman Brac 3. Airfield of Little Cayman Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 30th day of January, 2024. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) ENDNOTES c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 15 ENDNOTES Table of Legislation history: SL # Act/Law # Legislation Commencement Gazette 56/2020 Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 3-Dec-2020 LG89/2020/s1 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2004 Revision) 26-Jul-2004 15/2004/s1 27/2003 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2003 15-Dec-2003 G25/2003/s2 26/2003 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 14-Jul-2003 G14/2003/s16 22/2001 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) (Prohibitions) Regulations, 2001 30-Apr-2001 GE8/2001/s10 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2002 Revision) 12-Feb-2001 G4/2001/s1 9/2000 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 11-Sep-2000 G19/2000/s5 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (1999 Revision) 1-Feb-1999 G3/1999/s2 9/1996 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) (Fees) Regulations, 1997 (sic) 20-Jan-1997 G2/1997/s1 8/1996 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 5-Aug-1996 G16/1996/s1 Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (1996 Revision) 27-May-1996 G11/1997/s2 9/1994 Animals (Amendment) Regulations 1994 14-Jan-1992 GE14Jan1992/s2 5/1993 Animals (Amendment) Regulations 1993 G13/1993/s2 7/1989 Animals (Protection) Regulations, 1989 (part) 2-Jan-1990 G1/1990/s2 42/1977 Animals (Control) Regulations, 1977 15-Aug-1977 G17/1977/s3 8/1977 Animal Regulations, 1977 14-Feb-1977 G4/1977/s4 ENDNOTES Animals (Exportation, Importation, Protection and Control) Regulations (2024 Revision) Page 16 Revised as at 31st December, 2023 c (Price: $3.20)