Public Health (Health and Sanitation) (Control of Pigs) Regulations (Cap. 189)

CONSOLIDATED TO 30 JUNE 2012 SECTIONS 120 AND 121 THE PUBLIC HEALTH (HEALTH AND SANITATION) (CONTROL OF PIGS) REGULATIONS [1st August, 1963] ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Citation. 2. Definitions. 3. Prohibitions to keep pigs within the scheduled area. 4. Pigs may be kept in the town of Victoria outside scheduled area subject to certain conditions. 5. Powers to Medical Officers of Health and health inspectors to control pig keeping. 6. Powers of entry and inspection. 7. Offences and penalties. 1. These regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Health and Sanitation) (Control of Pigs) Regulations. 2. In these regulations "scheduled area" means that part of the town of Victoria comprised within the boundaries defined in the schedule; "town of Victoria" means the town of Victoria as defined in the Schedule to the Town of Victoria (Boundaries and Divisions) Act (Cap 238). 3. No pigs shall be kept within the scheduled area. 4. (1) Pigs may be kept in the town of Victoria outside the scheduled area in properly constructed pig-sties which shall conform to the following requirements: (a) the pig-sty must be at a distance of not less than 30 feet from the nearest dwelling-house; (b) the pig-sty must have a superficial area of not less than 3 feet by 5 feet for each pig housed therein and must be covered with a roof so as to protect the floor from sun and rain; (c) the floor of the pig-sty must be paved in masonry and cemented mortar and adequately sloped to an outside drain; SI. 35of 1963 G.N 47/1910. G.N.54/1926. G.N. 75/1947. G.N.292/1951. SI. 25/1960 SI. 50/1962. SI. 60/1966. SI. 104/1975 (d) the drain attached to the pig-sty must be properly cemented throughout and lead to a cess pit not more than 10 feet away from the pig-sty; (e) the cess pit attached to the pig-sty must not be less than 3 feet deep and must be cement lined and protected with a concrete cover or such other cover as may be approved by the Medical Officer of Health or a health inspector; (f) the pig-sty shall be constructed to the satisfaction of a Medical Officer of Health or health inspector who may give directions as to the place where it should be situated; (g) the pig-sty shall be kept in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of a Medical Officer of Health or a health inspector. (2) A Medical Officer of Health may in individual cases whenever he is satisfied that a nuisance shall not be occasioned thereby give written dispensation for all or any of the provisions of Subregulation (1). Such dispensation may subsequently be withdrawn or modified at any time. 5. (1) Where in the opinion of a Medical Officer of Health or a health inspector a person keeps a pig in such a situation or in such a manner as to be offensive or injurious or dangerous to public health such Medical Officer of Health or health inspector may cause to be served upon such person or, if such person cannot be found or ascertained, upon the occupier or owner of the land or premises on or from which such nuisance arises, a notice to remove the pig from such land or premises and to cease keeping pigs or to abate the nuisance, setting out short particulars of the measures which in the opinion of such Medical Officer of Health or health inspector are the most practicable and expeditious means of abating the nuisance. The notice shall set out a reasonable time within which the addressee is required to comply with the notice. The person issuing such notice may extend the time specified therein by written documents signed by him. (2) A person on whom a notice has been served in conformity with the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be bound to comply with the directions set out therein within the specified time limit. (3) This regulation shall apply throughout Seychelles. 6. It shall be lawful for a Medical Officer of Health or a health inspector at any time between 8 a.m and 6 p.m, to enter upon and inspect any land or premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether any nuisance is being caused by the keeping of pigs or whether the provisions of these regulations or of any directions issued thereunder are being complied with. 7. (1) Any person who keeps a pig or any owner or occupier of land or premises who allows or permits a pig to be kept on such land or premises, in contravention of any of the provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence. (2) Any person who fails to comply with any direction contained in a notice under regulation 5 within the specified time limit shall be guilty of an offence. (3) Any person who obstructs an officer exercising any power or performing any duty conferred or imposed upon him by these regulations shall be guilty of an offence. (4) A person convicted of an offence under this regulation shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees. SCHEDULE The scheduled area shall be that area comprised within the boundaries shown on a plan registered in Register A.33 No. 3095 and filed in the Mortgage and Registration Office in Tin Box 23 at folio 57: Provided that where the scheduled area is defined as bounded by the sea all the portion of the foreshore adjacent to the sea which is alternately covered and uncovered by the sea at the highest and lowest tides and all estuaries shall be deemed to be comprised within the boundaries of the scheduled area.