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Horses, fourteen days.
Cattle, sheep, goats, deer, antelopes, and other ruminants, sixty days.
Pigs, sixty days.
Camels, ninety days.
Dogs, six months.

Foreign sheep to be dressed in quarantine.

39. All foreign sheep whilst in quarantine shall receive two or more dressings with tobacco and sulphur, or with lime and sulphur, as the Inspector shall direct.

How foreign stock are to be released from quarantine.

40. After the expiration of the period of quarantine hereinbefore prescribed for the several kinds of foreign stock, they shall be examined by a veterinary surgeon and an Inspector, who shall ascertain whether all the requirements of these regulations in respect to such stock have been fully complied with, and whether such stock are free from infection; and if satisfied in these respects such examiners shall sign a certificate to the effect of Schedule XIV. hereto; and if such stock are free from infection, and the charges and expenses due have been paid, they may, but not otherwise, be released.

If owner refuse or fail to take delivery, stock may be sold.

41. In the event of any owner refusing or failing to release any stock from quarantine on the expiry thereof, or refusing or neglecting to pay any charges or expenses incurred with respect to such stock, they may be sold by order of the Minister, and the proceeds shall be paid into the Public Account, or proceedings may be taken against the owner for a penalty, or for the recovery of the amount of such charges and expenses.

Restrictions on removal of stock or articles from quarantine.

42. No stock while alive or dead, nor any portion of the carcase thereof, nor any article of clothing used at any quarantine by any person in charge of, or attending on, any stock, and no covering of any such stock, nor any fodder, fittings, or other articles or things which may have come in contact with or been in use about such stock, shall be removed from the quarantine-ground without the written authority of an Inspector, and until, where necessary, such articles or things shall have been properly disinfected; and no person shall have in his possession or charge any stock, fodder, fittings, articles, or things which have been illegally removed from quarantine.

No person to enter quarantine-ground without permission, and persons entering to disinfect clothes, &c.

43. No person shall enter or leave the quarantine without the permission of an Inspector; and every person who shall enter a quarantine-ground shall clothe himself in such manner as shall be directed by an Inspector, and shall, before leaving the quarantine-ground, disinfect himself and his clothes in such manner as the Inspector shall direct.

Post mortem of stock dying in quarantine.

44. When any stock die or are slaughtered while in quarantine, a post mortem examination thereof shall be made by a veterinary surgeon, as the Inspector shall direct; and the remains shall be destroyed by fire at the expense of the owner of the stock.

Australasian stock not to be taken or allowed to stray on to a foreign quarantine.

45. No stock shall be taken on to a quarantine-ground for foreign stock without the order in writing of an Inspector, nor shall any Australasian stock be allowed to stray on to such quarantine-ground; and all stock so taken or straying on to any such ground shall be kept, treated, and quarantined as if they were foreign stock, and their owner shall pay to the Inspector of Stock the charges and expenses of such first-mentioned stock fixed by these regulations for the inspection, keeping, quarantining, and treating of foreign stock.

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RE FOREIGN STOCK.

Foreign stock landed without passing through quarantine to be destroyed.

46. All foreign stock which have been landed without having passed through quarantine, and without having been released in accordance with these regulations, shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Minister shall direct.

Australasian stock coming into contact with foreign stock shall be held to be foreign.

47. Australasian stock coming into direct or indirect contact with foreign stock shall be destroyed, or held and deemed to be foreign stock, and shall be treated and dealt with as such.

No one but the attendant or person authorised to touch foreign stock.

48. No person except the attendant shall, without the permission of an Inspector, touch, handle, or come in contact with any foreign stock; and if any person touch, handle, or come in contact with any such stock contrary to these regulations, he shall disinfect himself and his clothes as an Inspector shall direct.

No foreign stock shall be transhipped without an Inspector's authority in writing.

49. No one shall, within the waters of this colony, transfer any foreign stock, whether alive or dead, nor any portion of such stock, nor any foreign fodder or fittings, from any one vessel to any other vessel, without the written authority of an Inspector and under the supervision of an Inspector or some one acting for him; and no foreign stock shall be transferred to an Australasian vessel unless such stock shall have been quarantined, disinfected, and dressed, and declared to be free from infection, as prescribed by these regulations.

Foreign stock, fittings, &c., to be disinfected while in the waters of this colony.

50. All foreign stock and all fittings used with or about any foreign stock, or on any foreign vessel, together with the clothes and other effects of their attendant, shall, when necessary, be disinfected as the Inspector may direct.

51. All foreign fodder, fittings, and litter shall either be burned on board ship or sent to quarantine and disinfected as the Inspector shall direct.

PART D.—PENALTIES, CONFISCATION, ETC.

IX. PENALTIES.

52. No person shall do or attempt to do, cause or permit to be done or to be attempted to be done, or assist in doing or attempting to do, any act forbidden by these regulations, or obtain or endeavour to obtain, or assist any one in obtaining or endeavouring to obtain, by fraud any certificate or authority under these regulations, or forge any certificate or authority, or make use of any such forged or fraudulently-obtained certificate or authority, or fraudulently grant or issue any such certificate or authority, or obstruct or refuse to carry out the directions of any Inspector or other person acting under the authority of these regulations, under a penalty of not less than £5, and not exceeding £500.

X. DESTRUCTION OR CONFISCATION OF STOCK AND THINGS.—WHEN STOCK AND THINGS MAY BE DISPOSED OF BY MINISTER.

53. Stock may under all or any of the following circumstances be destroyed, sold, or otherwise disposed of, as the Minister shall direct:—

(1.) If stock are infected with any infectious or contagious disease, whether they be on land or on board any vessel within the territorial limits of this colony:

(2.) If the owners of any stock shall have committed, or be concerned in committing, any breach of the above-named Acts or of any regulations thereunder:

(3.) If foreign stock be found unconfined or unsecured on, or be removed or stray from, the vessel by which they arrive, or from any quarantine-ground:

(4.) If stray stock from shore be found on board a vessel on which there are any foreign stock:

(5.) If stock other than those for which an Inspector shall have issued an order for quarantine are found within any quarantine-ground for foreign stock:

(6.) If the fees, charges, and expenses connected with any stock be not duly paid:

(7.) If any stock shall not be removed on the expiry of the term of quarantine, and after notice given:

(8.) If foreign stock, fodder, fittings, or effects are landed in contravention of these regulations:

(9.) If stock, fodder, fittings, or effects are removed to or from any quarantine-ground without an order from an Inspector:

(10.) If any stock, articles, or things which are prohibited are landed.