Control of Poultry Disease Regulations

CONTROL OF POULTRY DISEASE [S.L.36.22 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 36.22 CONTROL OF POULTRY DISEASE REGULATIONS 29th March, 1968 LEGAL NOTICE 29 of 1968. Title.1. The title of these Regulations is Control of Poultry Disease Regulations. Interpretation.2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "Director" means the Director of Agriculture and includes any officer of the Department of Agriculture duly authorised by him to act on his behalf; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for agriculture; Cap. 36. "poultry" has the same meaning as is assigned to i t in the Prevention of Disease Ordinance. Unauthorised movement of poultry prohibited. 3. (1) The movement of any poultry by any person or persons into, within or out of the Island of Malta is prohibited unless it has been authorised in each case by the Director. (2) The Director may grant an authorisation for the purpose of the sub-regulation (1) of this regulation subject to such conditions as he may deem proper to impose. (3) Any person or persons who avail themselves of an authorisation granted by the Director without complying with any of the conditions to which such authorisation was made subject shall be deemed to have contravened sub-regulation (1) of this regulation. Power of Director to order the vaccination of poultry. 4. The Director may order the vaccination of any healthy poultry in such manner as he may deem fit.