Oct. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3423

INTRODUCTION OF AUSTRALASIAN LIVE-STOCK.

Vessel may be declared a “Clean Australasian Vessel.”

30. (1.) Notwithstanding the definition of “clean Australasian vessel” in these regulations, the Minister may, on receipt of a statutory declaration in the form in the Thirteenth Schedule hereto, made by a responsible officer of the company or person owning the vessel, declare such vessel to be a clean Australasian vessel, and thereupon such vessel shall be deemed to be a clean Australasian vessel accordingly.

(2.) A declaration shall be made by the Minister under this section only if he is satisfied that there is no risk of the introduction of disease into the Dominion by means of such vessel, and the declaration shall be subject to the effective carrying-out of such disinfection or treatment as the Minister may order in respect of such vessel.

Ports of Entry for Australasian Live-stock.

31. Such Australasian live-stock as is hereinafter permitted to be introduced into the Dominion shall be landed only at the following ports of entry:—

In the case of swine, the ports of Auckland, Wellington, or Lyttelton.

In the case of other live-stock, the ports of Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, or Bluff.

Horses, Sheep, Goats, Swine, or Dogs from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania.

32. (1.) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, horses, sheep, goats, swine, or dogs may be introduced into the Dominion from the States of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania.

(2.) Every shipment of such horses, sheep, goats, swine, or dogs must be accompanied by a statutory declaration, in the form No. 1 in the Fourteenth Schedule hereto, made by the shipper of such horses, sheep, goats, swine, or dogs, setting forth the kind, number, sex, and brands or marks of such horses, sheep, goats, swine, or dogs, and declaring that such animals are free from all infectious and contagious diseases; that they have not during the six months immediately preceding shipment been in direct or indirect contact with any stock infected with any such disease; that they have not for at least three months immediately preceding shipment been outside Australasia, or in Queensland or Western Australia; and that they are being shipped in a clean Australasian vessel.

(3.) On every such declaration there shall be inscribed a certificate, in the form No. 2 in the Fourteenth Schedule hereto, signed by a veterinarian in the employ of the Government of the Commonwealth or of the State from which such horses, sheep, goats, swine, or dogs are being exported, certifying that he has no reason to doubt the correctness of the said declaration in any particular; and that he has, within the fourteen days immediately preceding the date of shipment to New Zealand, examined such horses, sheep, goats, swine, or dogs, and found them free from infectious and contagious diseases; and that the part of the vessel in which such horses, sheep, goats, swine, or dogs are to be kept during transit to the Dominion has been specially cleansed as required by him.

Procedure prior to and following the Arrival of Australasian Live-stock in the Dominion.

33. Every person intending to introduce Australasian live-stock into the Dominion shall give to the Inspector at the port of entry not less than three days’ notice, either in writing or by cable, of the forthcoming arrival of such live-stock.

34. When a vessel on which there are any Australasian live-stock arrives in New Zealand waters the following provisions shall apply and remain in force while the vessel continues in New Zealand waters, and the master of such vessel and the importer of such live-stock shall be severally liable for any breach thereof:—

(1.) No such live-stock, or the carcase or any portion thereof, or any fodder, fittings, or things which have, or which are reasonably believed to have, been in contact with such live-stock, shall be transferred from one vessel to another vessel except with the written authority of an Inspector, and in accordance with such authority.

(2.) No such live-stock shall be allowed to stray from such vessel.

(3.) No such live-stock shall be removed from such vessel except with the written authority of an Inspector.

(4.) No such live-stock shall be taken on board any foreign vessel except for the purpose of being conveyed to a foreign port, and any such live-stock taken or found on board a foreign vessel shall be treated as foreign live-stock.

35. Any Australasian live-stock arriving by a vessel which is not a clean Australasian vessel shall be deemed to be foreign live-stock, and the provisions of the regulations relating to the introduction of foreign live-stock shall apply to such live-stock.

36. On the arrival of any vessel on which there are Australasian live-stock at the port at which such Australasian live-stock or any part of them are to be landed, the master of such vessel shall give notice of arrival to the Inspector, and shall cause to be delivered to the Inspector the declarations and certificates required by these regulations to accompany such live-stock.

37. Such Australasian live-stock shall forthwith be inspected by a Government veterinarian, who shall make a report as set out in the Tenth Schedule hereto, giving a description of such live-stock, and stating whether they are free from disease and whether they are infected stock.

38. If the Inspector is satisfied that the certificates and declarations provided for in these regulations are in order, and that the provisions of the Stock Act and of these regulations have been complied with, and if the Government veterinarian at the port of entry has certified that the Australasian live-stock to be introduced are free from disease, and are not infected stock, he may issue a permit for such live-stock to be landed:

Provided that any of such live-stock as are required, pursuant to these regulations, to undergo a period of quarantine shall forthwith be removed at the importer’s expense to a quarantine-ground, there to undergo the period of quarantine prescribed:

Provided, further, that before such removal the Inspector may require the importer to execute a bond, with two approved sureties, in the form in the Twelfth Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof, for ensuring that the importer of such live-stock will, as regards such live-stock, faithfully carry out the conditions contained in these regulations, and will pay all the expenses and charges in connection with such live-stock incurred in accordance with the provisions of these regulations; or the Inspector may, before authorizing such removal, require the importer of such live-stock to deposit with him such sum of money as the latter deems sufficient to pay all such charges and expenses.

39. If the Government veterinarian empowered by Regulation 37 hereof to inspect all the live-stock on any Australasian vessel on arrival in the Dominion reports that any of the live-stock on board are diseased or infected live-stock, all the live-stock on board shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Minister directs.

QUARANTINE OF LIVE-STOCK INTRODUCED INTO THE DOMINION.

40. (1.) The following classes of live-stock, the introduction of which into the Dominion is permitted in terms of these regulations, shall respectively undergo at a quarantine-ground the period of quarantine hereinafter in this regulation set opposite to each such class. The said period shall be deemed to commence immediately after the expiry of the day on which the animals are removed to a quarantine-ground from the vessel in which they arrived.

Class of Live-stock. Period of Quarantine.

Horses, asses, and mules from the United Kingdom .. .. .. 14 days.

Horses and mules from Canada and the United States of America .. .. 28 ,,

Asses from Canada, United States of America, France, Spain, and Portugal 28 ,,

Cattle from Canada .. .. .. 60 ,,

Cattle from the United Kingdom .. .. 40 ,,

Goats and sheep from the United Kingdom 28 ,,

Swine from the United Kingdom .. .. 14 ,,

Swine from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania .. 30 ,,

Dogs from the United Kingdom .. .. 60 ,,

Deer and other undomesticated live-stock for acclimatization or menagerie or zoological purposes from all foreign countries 90 ,,

(2.) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the following provisions shall apply:—

(a.) Horses, asses, or mules from the United Kingdom may be subjected to the mallein test by a Government veterinarian immediately on arrival at the port of entry, and if they pass this test satisfactorily, and are otherwise healthy, and if the provisions of these regulations have been otherwise complied with, they may be allowed to land without being subjected to the period of quarantine prescribed.

(b.) Deer or other undomesticated live-stock (for acclimatization, menagerie, or zoological purposes), and circus or performing animals, may, if found on