Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2279

Importation of Dogs into Great Britain.—Notice No. 738.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 11th October, 1902.

THE following regulations of the Board of Agriculture, London, are published for general information.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION OF DOGS.

1. An imported dog—that is to say, a dog brought to Great Britain from any other country, except Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man—shall not be landed in Great Britain unless its landing is authorised by a license of the Board previously obtained, and when landed it shall be subject to the provisions of this order, and to the conditions inserted in any license authorising its landing.

DETENTION AND ISOLATION OF IMPORTED DOGS.

2. (1.) An imported dog shall, for a period of six calendar months after its landing, be detained and isolated, at the expense of its owner, upon premises in the occupation or under the control of a veterinary surgeon, which shall have been previously approved in writing by the Board for that purpose, and such premises are in this order referred to as the “place of detention.”

(2.) During the said period the dog shall not be moved from the place of detention except to another place of detention or to a vessel for exportation, and in either case only with a license of the Board authorising such movement.

(3.) This article shall not apply to (a) an imported dog which is shown to the satisfaction of the Board to be a bonâ fide performing dog, or (b) to an imported dog which is intended to be exported from Great Britain within forty-eight hours after its landing; but every such dog shall be subject to the other articles of this order.

CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

3. The Board may insert in any license granted by them under this order authorising the landing of an imported dog such conditions as they think necessary or desirable for the following purposes:—

(i.) For prescribing and regulating the detention and isolation of the dog so far as the same is not prescribed and regulated by this order;

(ii.) For prescribing the person by whom and the premises on which the dog shall be detained and isolated;

(iii.) For regulating the movement of the dog to the place of detention, or vessel for exportation, and for prohibiting or regulating its movement during a period of six calendar months after its landing, or until its exportation, as the case may be;

(iv.) For prescribing the confinement of the dog in a suitable hamper, crate, box, or other receptacle during the movement of the dog by railway, or along a highway or thoroughfare;

(v.) For prescribing the mode of isolation of the dog;

(vi.) For prescribing the muzzling of the dog;

(vii.) For prescribing the notice to be given of the death or loss of the dog, or of any matter arising in connection with the movement, detention, or isolation of the dog, and the persons by whom and to whom the notice is to be given; and

(viii.) For prescribing the production of a license for inspection by an officer of the Board, or constable, or officer of Customs.

NOTICE OF DETENTION IN CASE OF ILLEGAL LANDING.

4. (1.) Where an imported dog has been landed in contravention of this order or of any order hereby revoked, the Board, or an Inspector of the Board, may give notice to the owner or person in charge of the dog requiring that, within a time specified in such notice, the dog shall be moved (a) to a vessel for exportation, or (b) to a place of detention for the purpose of detention and isolation in accordance with the provisions of such notice.

(2.) Such provisions may be inserted in the notice as the Board may think necessary or desirable for any of the purposes mentioned in the preceding article.

(3.) A notice under this article may, subject to any instructions issued by the Board, be given by an Inspector of the local authority.

(4.) If the owner or person in charge of the dog, after receipt of such notice, fails to move the dog as required by the notice, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894.

WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE IN CASES OF DEFAULT.

5. (1.) If the owner or person in charge of an imported dog is convicted of an offence under this order in relation to the dog, the Board, or an Inspector of the Board, may give notice to such owner or person in charge requiring him to move the dog to a vessel for exportation within a time specified in such notice.

(2.) If the owner or person in charge of the dog, after receipt of such notice, fails to move the dog as required by the notice, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894.

RELANDING PROHIBITED OF IMPORTED DOGS MOVED TO VESSELS FOR EXPORTATION.

6. An imported dog which has been moved to a vessel for exportation in accordance with a license or notice under this order shall not be relanded in Great Britain without a license of the Board authorising such landing.

SEIZURE OF DOGS IN CASE OF DEFAULT.

7. (1.) If an imported dog is not detained and isolated as required by this order, or by the conditions or provisions of any license or notice thereunder, an Inspector of the Board may seize the dog, and thereupon the Board shall detain and isolate it at the place of detention specified in the license or notice, or any other place of detention selected by them, in accordance with the requirements of this order or the said conditions or provisions.

(2.) If the owner of the dog does not, within ten days after the expiration of the period of detention specified in this order or in the license or notice, claim the said dog from the Board and pay to them their expenses of detaining and isolating the dog, the Board may destroy or otherwise dispose of the dog as they think expedient.

PROCEEDINGS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS FOR UNLAWFUL LANDING.

8. (1.) If any person lands or attempts to land a dog in contravention of this order he shall be liable, under and according to the Customs Acts, to the penalties imposed on persons importing or attempting to import goods the importation whereof is prohibited by or under the Customs Acts, without prejudice to any proceedings against him under the Act of 1894 for an offence against that Act.

(2.) The dog in respect whereof the offence is committed shall be forfeited under and according to the Customs Acts, in like manner as goods the importation whereof is prohibited by or under the Customs Acts.

DETENTION OF DOGS ON VESSELS IN PORT.

9. (1.) Every dog to which this article applies shall at all times while on board a vessel in any port in Great Britain be—

(a.) Secured to some part of the vessel by a collar and chain, and muzzled with a wire-cage muzzle so constructed as to render it impossible for such dog while wearing the same to bite any person or animal, but not so as to prevent such dog from breathing freely or lapping water; or

(b.) Confined in an enclosed part of the vessel from which the dog cannot escape.

(2.) If any dog to which this article applies shall die, or be lost from a vessel, in any port in Great Britain, the person in charge of the dog shall forthwith give notice of such death or loss to the Board.

(3.) The provisions of this article shall apply to every imported dog which is not accompanied by a license issued by the Board authorising the landing of such dog in Great Britain.

EXTENSION OF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF “DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1894.”

10. Dogs shall be “animals,” and rabies shall be a “disease,” for the purposes of the following sections of the Act of 1894, namely:—

Section forty-three (powers of police);

Section forty-four (powers of inspectors);

Section fifty-six (unlawful landing);

and also for the purposes of all other sections of the said Act containing provisions relative to or consequent on the provisions of those sections and this order, including such sections as relate to offences and legal proceedings.

LOCAL AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE ORDER.

11. The provisions of this order, except where it is otherwise provided, shall be executed and enforced by the local authority.

OFFENCES.

12. (1.) If a dog is landed in contravention of this order, the owner and the charterer and the master of the vessel from which it is landed, and the owner of the dog, and the person for the time being in charge thereof, and the person causing, directing, or permitting the landing, and the