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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

For prohibiting or regulating the introduction
into the Colony of any fodder or fittings, and
for the seizure, sale, or destruction of any such
fodder or fittings landed without the written
authority of an Inspector of Stock.
5. The Governor in Council may from time to time
appoint and remove a Chief Inspector of Stock,
Inspectors of Stock, and such other officers as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
6. Inspectors of Stock shall have power to enter at
any time into any ship, or on any land, or into any
building not being a dwelling-house, for the purpose
of inspecting any stock or enforcing the provisions of
this Act, or the regulations made in pursuance hereof.
Any person who shall obstruct or hinder any In-
spector in the performance of his duty shall, on
conviction before two Justices of the Peace, forfeit
and pay a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for
every such offence.
7. Stock newly introduced either by sea or land shall
not travel until it has been inspected by an Inspector
appointed for that purpose, the cost of such inspection
and of carrying out the several provisions of this Act
shall be defrayed by a charge to be imposed of one
shilling per head for every head of cattle and horses,
sixpence per head for every head of calves and foals,
and one penny per head for every head of sheep and
pigs so inspected; and such charge may be recovered
in a summary way before any two Justices.
8. Any person who shall allow to stray or shall
drive or cause to be driven any newly introduced
stock which has not been inspected, or any stock of
the kind for the time being subject to contagious or
infectious disease, into a quarantine or clean district
without the written authority of an Inspector of Stock,
shall, on conviction before two Justices of the Peace,
forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding one hundred
pounds for every such offence.
9. Any person who shall introduce into the Colony
any fodder or fittings without the written authority
of an Inspector of Stock shall, on conviction before
two Justices of the Peace, forfeit such fodder and
fittings, and pay a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds
for every such offence.
10. Whenever the Governor in Council shall be
satisfied, upon the report of an Inspector of Stock and
otherwise, that any stock is diseased, he may order
the destruction of the same, and the owner thereof
shall have no claim for compensation for their des-
truction.
11. Whenever the Governor in Council shall have
ordered that any stock shall be placed in quarantine
or under restrictions for the purposes of this Act, or
that remedial measures shall be taken to prevent
the introduction or spread of disease, the cost and
expense thereby incurred shall in every case be
borne by the owner of the stock dealt with, if it shall
be proved to the satisfaction of the Governor in
Council that such stock are or have been diseased,
and such cost and expense may be recovered in a
summary manner before any two Justices of the
Peace on complaint by an Inspector of Stock.
12. Any person who shall drive or cause to be
driven into through or out of any quarantine district,
or shall remove from any quarantine district any
fodder or fittings, or any soil sand or other material
upon which any diseased stock have been kept, or
any dairy produce of diseased stock, without the
written authority of an Inspector of Stock, shall, upon
conviction before two Justices of the Peace, forfeit
and pay a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for
every such offence.
13. Any person who shall be guilty of a breach of
any of the regulations made under this Act by the
Governor in Council, shall, on conviction of the
same before two Justices of the Peace, forfeit and
pay a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds for
every such offence.
14. Any regulation made or to be made under this
Act shall have the full force of law until the same
shall have been disallowed by resolution of both
Houses of Parliament, and thereupon such regulation
or any part thereof so disallowed shall cease to have
any force or effect in law: Provided also and be it
enacted that this Act shall continue in force until
the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three, and until the end of the
then next ensuing session of Parliament.

REGULATIONS.

WHEREAS by "The Diseases in Stock Act, 1872," it
is amongst other things enacted that the Governor in
Council may from time to time make such regulations
as may be deemed expedient for all or any of the
purposes mentioned in the 4th section of the said
Act: Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice of the Executive Council,
doth by this present Order, in exercise of the power
conferred by the above recited Act, and every other
power enabling him in that behalf, make the regu-
lations following, that is to say:—

1. The diseases mentioned in the First Schedule
   hereto are hereby declared to be contagious or infec-
   tious diseases, and all stock affected with such diseases
   are hereby declared to be diseased stock for the
   purposes of "The Diseases in Stock Act, 1872."
2. All the sections of the said Act shall extend to
   all stock of the kinds mentioned in the Second
   Schedule hereto.
3. The introduction of any stock mentioned in the
   Second Schedule hereto into the Colony, either by sea
   or land, known to be suffering from any of the
   diseases mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, is
   prohibited.

Introduction of Stock from the Australasian Colonies
and New Zealand.

4. No one shall introduce into the Colony, either
   by sea or land, any stock of any kind mentioned in
   the Second Schedule hereto, coming from any of the
   Australasian colonies or New Zealand, without the
   authority in writing of an Inspector of Stock, and
   except in accordance with the conditions of such
   authority.
5. Such authority may be granted to introduce
   such stock at any of the places mentioned in the
   Fourth Schedule hereto, but shall not, unless under
   special circumstances, be granted to introduce stock
   at any other place.
6. No Inspector shall authorize any of the said
   stock to be introduced or to travel until he has in-
   spected such stock, and is satisfied that it is free
   from any of the diseases mentioned in the First
   Schedule hereto, and has received a statutory decla-
   ration, made by the owner or person in charge,
   stating the number and description of stock which he
   is desirous to import, and that the same have been
   free from disease and from contact with any diseased
   stock for the space of not less than thirty days, and
   has counted the same, or been otherwise satisfied in
   regard to the number of stock to be so imported,
   and received the charge imposed by the 7th section
   of the said Act in respect thereof, for which charge a
   receipt shall be given in the form of the Third
   Schedule, hereto.
7. In the case of the introduction of saddle horses,
   draught horses, pack horses, and working bullocks,
   used bonâ fide for the purpose of riding, draught, or
   carrying burdens, having been once inspected and
   paid the charges specified in the said section, special
   authority may be granted by an Inspector and con-
   tinue in force until revoked by a notice from such