Animal Diseases (Importation of Dogs) Rules (S.I. 38—11)
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- African Union (AU)
- Country
- Uganda
- Subjects
- Livestock
- Keywords
- animal health, pests/diseases, dangerous animal/harmful animal, international trade, authorization/permit, pet animals
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THE ANIMAL DISEASES ACT. Statutory Instrument 38—11. The Animal Diseases (Importation of Dogs) Rules. Arrangement of Rules. Rule 1. Citation. 2. Control of importation of dogs. THE ANIMAL DISEASES ACT. Statutory Instrument 38—11. The Animal Diseases (Importation of Dogs) Rules. (Under section 20 of the Act.) 1. Citation. These Rules may be cited as the Animal Diseases (Importation of Dogs) Rules. 2. Control of importation of dogs. No person shall import or cause to be imported into Uganda any dog except upon the authority of a written permit issued under the hand of the commissioner of livestock and entomology, or any person authorised by him or her for that purpose, who may endorse on the permit such conditions as he or she may think fit— (a) regulating the detention of the dog so far as it is not prescribed and regulated by this rule; (b) prescribing the quarantine in which the dog shall be detained and isolated; (c) prescribing the confinement of a dog in a suitable receptacle during the movement of the dog by railway or along a highway or road; (d) prescribing the mode of isolation of the dog; (e) prescribing the muzzling of the dog; (f) prescribing the notice to be given of the death or loss of the dog or of any matter arising in connection with the movement, detention or isolation of the dog and the person by whom and to whom the notice is to be given; (g) prescribing the production of a licence or notice for inspection by an officer of the department responsible for veterinary services and animal industry, or local authority, or police officer or customs officer; and (h) prescribing the ports at which imported dogs may be landed and the places at which they may be permitted to enter Uganda, and in such case every person concerned shall comply with the conditions so far as they are applicable to him or her. History: S.I. 218-10.