Diseased Cattle Regulations




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shall have been previously inspected
by the Inspector appointed under
these Regulations or otherwise, and
then only upon a certificate signed
by him, that such Cattle do not
appear to be infected; and if any
person shall be guilty of any breach
of this Regulation, he shall be liable
to a penalty of Fifty Pounds.

XI.—It shall be lawful for any Inspector
under "The Diseased Cattle Acts,"
with the consent of the Superin-
tendent of the Province of Canter-
bury, or, in his absence, of the Pro-
vincial Secretary, to give notice in
writing to the owner or occupier of
any farm or run within any Infected
District upon which he shall be satis-
fied that there are infected Cattle,
or Cattle which have mixed with
Cattle which are actually infected, or
suspected to be infected, that no
Cattle will from the date of such
notice or order be permitted to be
driven off such farm or run without
the written consent of the Superin-
tendent, or, in his absence, of the
Provincial Secretary; and any such
owner or occupier who shall neglect
or disobey such order, or shall suffer
any such cattle to stray; and any
person driving any Cattle from such
farm or run shall be liable to a
penalty of Fifty Pounds for every
head of Cattle mentioned in the said
notice which shall be found outside
the limits prescribed by the Inspec-
tor.

XII.—When any Cattle have been
ordered to be confined on any farm
or run in accordance with the pre-
ceding Regulation, the Inspector
shall have power to order that a
Brand shall be placed on such Cattle
by the owner or person having
charge or possession of the said
Cattle.

XIII.—When any Cattle have been
ordered to be confined on any farm
or run in accordance with the pre-
ceding Regulations, it shall be lawful
to the Superintendent, or Provincial
Secretary, if he shall think fit, to
order that the said Cattle shall be in-
oculated for the purpose of prevent-
ing Pleuro-pneumonia, and the
owner or person having the custody,
charge, or possession of the said
Cattle shall thereupon cause them to
be inoculated; and if the said owner
or person having the custody, charge,
or possession of the said Cattle shall
neglect or refuse to cause the said
Cattle to be inoculated, he shall be
liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds
for every week during which the said
Cattle shall not be inoculated from
and after a date to be fixed by the
Superintendent, or Provincial Secre-
tary.

XIV.—The Superintendent of Canterbury,
or, in his absence, the Provincial
Secretary, may give notice in writing
that from and after a day to be named
by him in such notice no Cattle will
be permitted to travel on any road
within such District as may be de-
fined by him in the said notice with-
in an Infected District, and such
notice shall be published in one or
more Newspapers of the Province,
and be posted in such places within
the District as shall be prescribed by
an Inspector under "The Diseased
Cattle Acts."

XV.—If any Cattle be driven or be found
straying on any road within the dis-
triet so defined, the owner or person
having charge of the same shall be
liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds in
respect of every head of Cattle so
driven or straying; provided that the
Inspector may give permission in
writing after inspection for the driv-
ing of Cattle to any place to be named
in such authority for the purposes of
slaughter.

XVI.—No Cattle shall be driven into any
sale yard in any Infected District
within the Province of Canterbury
which has been proclaimed in the
New Zealand Gazette, for the pur-
pose of being sold by auction or
otherwise, without the written autho-
rity of an Inspector under "The
Diseased Cattle Acts;" and any per-
son guilty of any breach of this Re-
gulation, shall be liable to a penalty
of Fifty Pounds for every head of
Cattle driven into such sale yard.

XVII.—All owners or persons having the
custody, care or possession, of any
Cattle within any such Infected
District as aforesaid, shall within
thirty days from the Fourteenth
day of June, instant, give a notice in
writing to the Officer in charge of the
Police Station nearest the place
where such Cattle are kept, or are;
containing the number of such Cattle,
the particulars as nearly as can be of
the place or places where such Cattle
are kept or are; and the brands with
which they are branded, and if such
owners or persons shall neglect or
refuse to obey this Regulation, they
shall be liable to a penalty of Ten
Pounds.

XVIII.—Every Inspector appointed under
"The Diseased Cattle Acts" by the
Superintendent, shall make a report
in writing to the said Superintendent
of all things done by him under these
Regulations, and under the said Acts,
as and when he shall be required so
to do.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 27





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