Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958

EXPORT QUARANTINE STATIONS (REGULATION) (JERSEY) ORDER 1958 Revised Edition 02.400.36 Showing the law as at 1 January 2006 This is a revised edition of the law Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958 Arrangement Revised Edition – 1 January 2006 Page - 3 02.400.36 EXPORT QUARANTINE STATIONS (REGULATION) (JERSEY) ORDER 1958 Arrangement Article 1 Interpretation ................................................................................................... 5 2 Approval of premises as an export quarantine station..................................... 5 3 Movement of animals into an export quarantine station ................................. 6 4 Movement of animals from an export quarantine station to a place of embarkation ..................................................................................................... 6 5 Restriction on the supply and use of fodder and litter ..................................... 7 6 Restriction on access of persons to an export quarantine station .................... 7 7 Offences .......................................................................................................... 7 8 Citation ............................................................................................................ 7 Supporting Documents ENDNOTES 8 Table of Legislation History ........................................................................................... 8 Table of Endnote References .......................................................................................... 8 Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958 Article 1 Revised Edition – 1 January 2006 Page - 5 02.400.36 EXPORT QUARANTINE STATIONS (REGULATION) (JERSEY) ORDER 19581 THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, in pursuance of Article 42 of the Diseases of Animals (Jersey) Law 1956,2 orders as follows – Commencement [see endnotes] 1 Interpretation In this Order – “animals” means cattle, sheep, goats and swine; “supervising veterinary surgeon” means a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Minister to supervise the export quarantine station. 2 Approval of premises as an export quarantine station (1) The Minister may approve any specified premises in Jersey, and authorize the use of those premises, as an export quarantine station, that is to say, as a quarantine station for the reception, isolation and examination of animals intended for export to a place of destination outside Jersey. (2) Any authorization under this Article shall be subject to such conditions and rules as the Minister may think fit to impose. (3) The Minister may at any time withdraw or vary any authorization under this Article. (4) So long as any premises are authorized under this Article for use as an export quarantine station, they shall not be used for any purpose other than that of an export quarantine station. (5) It shall not be lawful to use as an export quarantine station any premises which are not authorized for use as such under this Article. Article 3 Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958 Page - 6 Revised Edition – 1 January 2006 02.400.36 3 Movement of animals into an export quarantine station (1) Except under and in accordance with a permit in writing granted by or on behalf of the Minister, and subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Order, no person shall move an animal into an export quarantine station. (2) An application for a permit to move an animal into an export quarantine station shall be made in such form as the Minister may require. (3) A permit to move an animal into an export quarantine station shall be granted only in respect of – (a) an animal which has been on premises in Jersey on which no case of cattle plague, foot-and-mouth disease or pleuro-pneumonia has occurred during the 3 months next preceding the date of the grant of the permit; (b) an animal which has been examined by the Veterinary Officer after the date of the application for the permit and found by the Veterinary Officer to be free from cattle plague, foot-and-mouth disease and pleuro-pneumonia, any other contagious or parasitic disease and lice; and (c) an animal on premises in Jersey on which all the animals have been examined by the Veterinary Officer after the date of the application for the permit and certified by the Veterinary Officer to be free from cattle plague, foot-and-mouth disease and pleuro-pneumonia. (4) An animal being moved to an export quarantine station under the authority of a permit granted under this Article shall be accompanied by the permit and a declaration signed by the owner, or the authorized agent of the owner, of the animal to the effect that – (a) to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the animal is free from any contagious or parasitic disease and that during the 3 months next preceding the movement the animal has not been exposed to infection; and (b) the animal has been delivered at the export quarantine station in a vehicle which has been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the requirements of the Veterinary Officer. 4 Movement of animals from an export quarantine station to a place of embarkation (1) Except under and in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Veterinary Officer or the supervising veterinary surgeon, and subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Order, an animal shall not be moved from an export quarantine station to a place of embarkation. (2) A permit to move an animal from an export quarantine station to a place of embarkation shall not be granted unless the animal has, during the period of detention in the export quarantine station (being a period of not less than 14 days duration), remained free from cattle plague, foot-and mouth disease and pleuro-pneumonia. Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958 Article 5 Revised Edition – 1 January 2006 Page - 7 02.400.36 (3) An animal being moved from an export quarantine station to a place of embarkation under the authority of a permit granted under this Article shall be accompanied by the permit and a certificate of the Veterinary Officer or the supervising veterinary surgeon to the effect that the animal was admitted to the export quarantine station in accordance with the provisions of this Order, has been there detained and isolated under the supervision of the Veterinary Officer or of the supervising veterinary surgeon for a period of not less than 14 days and has during that period remained free from cattle plague, foot-and-mouth disease and pleuro pneumonia. 5 Restriction on the supply and use of fodder and litter (1) No fodder or litter shall be used for or about animals in an export quarantine station or be moved into an export quarantine station except with permission granted by or on behalf of the Minister. (2) No fodder or litter shall be supplied for the use of animals during the voyage from Jersey to a place of destination outside Jersey other than fodder or litter of the growth of Jersey or fodder or litter lawfully imported into Jersey. 6 Restriction on access of persons to an export quarantine station (1) Except under and in accordance with a permit in writing granted by or on behalf of the Minister, no person shall enter an export quarantine station: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to the supervising veterinary surgeon or any person appointed by the Minister to have the care or supervision of animals in the export quarantine station. (2) A permit under this Article shall contain such conditions as to personal disinfection or otherwise as the Minister may deem necessary to prevent the introduction or spreading of contagious diseases. 7 Offences Any person aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any breach of the provisions of this Order or of any conditions or rules made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence against this Order. 8 Citation This Order may be cited as the Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958. Endnotes Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958 Page - 8 Revised Edition – 1 January 2006 02.400.36 ENDNOTES Table of Legislation History Legislation Year and No Commencement Export Quarantine Stations (Regulation) (Jersey) Order 1958 R&O.3984 1 December 1958 States of Jersey (Amendments and Construction Provisions No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations 2005 R&O.132/2005 9 December 2005 Table of Endnote References 1 This Order has been amended by the States of Jersey (Amendments and Construction Provisions No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations 2005. The amendments replace all references to a Committee of the States of Jersey with a reference to a Minister of the States of Jersey, and remove and add defined terms appropriately, consequentially upon the move from a committee system of government to a ministerial system of government 2 chapter 02.400