4112
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 145

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purposes of these regulations—
   “Affected” means actually suffering from or affected with blackleg :
   “Blackleg” means the disease known as blackleg,[black quarter, quarter-evil, or symptomatic anthrax :
   “Young cattle” means cattle between the ages of fourteen days and eighteen months.

INFECTED AREAS DECLARED.

2. The areas described in the First and Second Schedules hereto are hereby declared to be infected areas. Hereinafter the areas in the First Schedule are termed infected areas A, and the areas in the Second Schedule infected areas B.

VACCINATION OF CATTLE ON CERTAIN LANDS.

3. With respect to cattle depasturing on any land within an infected area A, and in any case where an Inspector is satisfied that blackleg exists on any land wherever situate, or that any land is likely to become infected with blackleg, the following provisions shall apply :—
   (a.) Upon being notified in writing by the Inspector to do so, the owner shall muster all his cattle, or such portion thereof as is specified in the notice, in order that the same may be inspected.
   (b.) The cattle shall be mustered at such time and place as the Inspector directs.
   (c.) The Inspector may cause the cattle or any of them to be vaccinated in such manner as he thinks fit in order to prevent the spread of blackleg.
   (d.) All cattle so vaccinated shall at the same time be branded by the Inspector with the letter S on the neck.
   (e.) The owner of the cattle shall provide such yarding accommodation and labour as is required by the Inspector for the purpose of vaccinating and branding the cattle.

REMOVAL OF YOUNG CATTLE FROM INFECTED AREAS A OR B.

4. The removal of any young cattle from an infected area A or B is prohibited, unless such removal is authorized and takes place in accordance with the conditions hereinafter prescribed.

REMOVAL FROM AN INFECTED AREA A.

Cattle not already vaccinated, or vaccinated more than Twenty-one Days prior to Proposed Removal.

5. (1.) Whenever it is desired to remove from an infected area A any young cattle that have not already been vaccinated in the manner provided as aforesaid, or that have been vaccinated on a date more than twenty-one days prior to the date of their proposed removal from an infected area A, the owner of such cattle shall, not less than fourteen days and not more than twenty-one days before such removal, deliver or post to the Inspector of Stock for the district a written application for a permit to so remove the said cattle. Such application shall specify the farm or place where the cattle may be inspected.
   (2.) Within seven days after the receipt of an application as aforesaid, the Inspector shall proceed to the farm or place specified in the application and shall vaccinate the young cattle which are to be removed, and shall brand them on the neck with the letter S. The owner of the young cattle shall provide such yarding accommodation and labour as the Inspector requires for the purpose of vaccinating and branding the cattle.
   (3.) If on the seventh day after being vaccinated such young cattle are, in the opinion of the Inspector, not infected and not likely to convey blackleg, the Inspector shall issue to the owner a permit (in the form in the Third Schedule hereto) authorizing him to remove the said cattle from the said infected area at any time not later than twenty-one days after their being last vaccinated.

Cattle vaccinated within the Twenty-one Days preceding the Proposed Removal.

6. (1.) Whenever it is desired to remove from an infected area A any young cattle that have been vaccinated within the twenty-one days next preceding the date of their proposed removal from such area, the owner of such cattle shall, a reasonable time beforehand, apply to the Inspector of Stock for the district for permission to so remove such cattle.
   (2.) If in the opinion of the Inspector the young cattle to be removed are not affected and are not likely to convey blackleg, he shall, as soon as possible after the receipt of the application for a permit to remove such cattle, issue to the owner a permit (in the form in the Third Schedule hereto) authorizing him to remove such cattle from the said infected area at any time not later than twenty-one days after their being last vaccinated.

Cattle removed for Immediate Slaughter.

7. (1.) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these regulations, young cattle to be sent for immediate slaughter to a public abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse may be removed from an infected area A without being vaccinated.
   (2.) Every owner of such cattle must apply to the Inspector of Stock for the district for a permit to remove such cattle to a specified public abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse.
   (3.) If in his opinion such cattle are not affected and are not likely to convey blackleg, the Inspector may issue to the owner a permit (in the form in the Fourth Schedule hereto) authorizing him to remove such cattle from the said infected area.
   (4.) Such young cattle shall be removed only in railway vehicles, and direct to the place at which they are to be slaughtered. A copy of the permit granted by the Inspector shall be forthwith sent by him to the Inspector responsible for the inspection of meat at the public abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse at which the young cattle are to be slaughtered.
   (5.) No permit under this regulation shall be granted in respect of young cattle from a place on which any case of blackleg has been known to have occurred during the six months immediately preceding the date of the proposed removal of the young cattle.

REMOVAL OF YOUNG CATTLE FROM AN INFECTED AREA B.

8. (1.) Whenever it is desired to remove from an infected area B any young cattle, the owner of such cattle shall, not less than seven and not more than fourteen days before the date of their proposed removal, deliver or post to the Inspector of Stock for the district a written application for a permit to remove such cattle.
   (2.) Within seven days after the receipt of an application as aforesaid the Inspector shall, if in his opinion the said cattle are not affected and are not likely to convey blackleg, issue to the owner a permit (in the form in the Fifth Schedule hereto) authorizing him to remove the said cattle within fourteen days from the date of such permit, whether they have been vaccinated or not.

PERMITS.

9. At any time between the issue of a permit and the removal of the young cattle to which it applies from an infected area A or an infected area B, as the case may be, the owners shall, on demand by any Inspector or other officer appointed in that behalf, produce the permit for perusal, and immediately before the said cattle are so removed shall give the permit up to the person indicated therein. In the case of such removal being by rail, the permit shall be handed with the consignment note to the railway officer appointed to receive the latter.

SALE OF YOUNG CATTLE IN AN INFECTED AREA A.

10. (1.) Within an infected area A it shall not be lawful to sell or offer for sale in any public saleyard any young cattle that have not been vaccinated and branded, at least seven days previously, in the manner provided for in Regulation 3 or 5 hereof.
    (2.) If it is desired to sell or offer for sale in a public saleyard in an infected area A any young cattle that have not been vaccinated and branded as aforesaid, the owner of such young cattle shall make application, a reasonable time beforehand, to the Inspector of Stock for the district for such vaccination and branding to be carried out. The Inspector shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the receipt of the application, arrange for such vaccination and branding accordingly, the owner of the cattle providing such yarding accommodation and labour as is required by the Inspector for the purpose.
    (3.) If within an infected area A any young cattle that have not been vaccinated and branded at least seven days beforehand are found in any yard or on any land or other place at which stock are offered for sale, they shall be deemed to be offered for sale in a public saleyard, and the owner of such young cattle shall be deemed to have committed a breach of these regulations, unless the young cattle have been brought into such yard or upon such land or other place by order of the Inspector for the purpose of being vaccinated.

GENERAL.

11. Whenever within an infected area A or an infected area B any stock dies or is found dead, the owner of such stock shall, unless otherwise directed by an Inspector, at once cause the carcase of such stock to be destroyed by burning ; or, in cases where burning would be unreasonably costly, or fire would be likely to cause damage by spreading, the proof of which shall in either case be upon the owner, the latter may cause the carcase to be buried to a depth of not less than three feet under ground. Such burning or burying