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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

Destruction of Live-stock.

24. If any live-stock while undergoing quarantine react to one of the prescribed tests, or if in the opinion of the Veterinary Officer such live-stock is diseased, such live-stock shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Veterinary Officer directs.

Notice of Destruction.

25. Before any live-stock is destroyed pursuant to the last preceding regulation, the Inspector shall, if practicable, give to the importer of such live-stock not less than two days’ notice in writing of the intention to destroy such live-stock, and on the destruction of the live-stock a post-mortem examination shall be made by the Government Veterinary Officer, who shall report the result to the Superintendent of Agriculture.

26. If the post-mortem examination of any animal destroyed as being diseased discloses that such animal was free from disease the Government may authorize the payment of such compensation as they think fit to the owner of the animal; provided that the amount of such compensation shall not in any case exceed the original selling-price to the importer of such animal in the country whence it was imported, together with all charges for freight, keep, &c., up to the time of destruction.

Release of Live-stock from Quarantine.

27. On the expiration of the period of quarantine hereinbefore prescribed, or at any future time to be prescribed, for the several kinds of imported live-stock, such live-stock shall be examined by the Government Veterinary Officer, who shall ascertain whether all the requirements of these regulations in respect of such live-stock have been fully complied with, and whether such live-stock are not infected stock and are free from disease; and if he is satisfied in these respects he shall sign a certificate in the form in the Seventh Schedule hereto; and if such live-stock are not infected stock and are free from disease, and if the charges and expenses due have been paid, such live-stock may (but not otherwise) be released.

28. If any importer refuses or fails for seven days to remove his live-stock from quarantine on the expiring of the period thereof, and on being notified that he may do so, or if he refuses or neglects to pay any charges or expenses incurred with respect to such live-stock, they may be sold by order of the Government and the proceeds paid into the Treasury: Provided that if the amount realized from the sale of such live-stock is more than the total amount of charges and expenses payable in respect thereof, the balance of the proceeds, after deducting the amount of charges and expenses, shall be paid to the importer or other person entitled thereto.

29. Any live-stock carried, conveyed, or brought from any quarantine ground without compliance with these regulations may be seized and placed in quarantine by any Inspector of Stock, Officer of Customs, or member of the Police Force, or may be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Government direct.

Introduction of Fodder, Fittings, or Things that have been in contact with Foreign Live-stock.

30. Fodder in unbroken packages and compressed, on a vessel in connection with live-stock that may be lawfully introduced into Fiji without quarantine, may be introduced with such live-stock, provided such fodder is the product of a country or State from which the introduction of live-stock into Fiji is not prohibited.

31. Fodder in unbroken packages and compressed, on a vessel in connection with live-stock for which a period of quarantine is prescribed, may on the issue of a permit by the Inspector be removed from such vessel to the quarantine ground for the use of such foreign live-stock during its detention in quarantine.

32. Clothing, fittings, utensils, crates or boxes, kennels, harness, saddlery, implements, or any other appliances or things used on any vessel in connection with any foreign live-stock introduced into Fiji, may be destroyed, refused admission, or, on the issue of a permit by the Inspector, may be introduced into Fiji; provided, however, that such clothing, fittings, utensils, crates or boxes, kennels, harness, saddlery, implements, or other appliances must, if allowed to be introduced, be subjected at the expense of the importer to such treatment and disinfection as the Government Veterinary Officer deems necessary and directs.

33. All loss sustained with respect to any imported live-stock while being conveyed to or from or while in quarantine (whether by accident or by sickness arising from natural causes or contracted from other live-stock, or by the destruction or detention in quarantine, or dipping or dressing of such live-stock to prevent the spread of disease) shall be borne by the importer of such live-stock, and no Inspector shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned to any importer of live-stock by any act of such Inspector unless such loss or damage has been by his wilful neglect or default.

34. The importer of animals shall pay to the Inspector the following fees:—

Horses, Asses, Mules, and Cattle—
For one and not exceeding four head .. 1 1 0
For every additional head over four and not exceeding fifty .. 0 2 0
For every additional head over fifty .. 0 1 0

Goats, Swine, and Dogs—
For every goat, swine, or dog .. 0 2 0

Sheep—
For any number not exceeding twenty head .. 1 1 0
For any number exceeding twenty but not exceeding fifty .. 1 5 0
For any number exceeding fifty but not exceeding one hundred .. 1 10 0

Repeal.

35. All the Orders in Council set out in the Eighth Schedule hereto are hereby repealed.

TREVOR JOHNSON,
For Clerk, Executive Council.

FIRST SCHEDULE.—(Regulation 4.)

Form No. 1.

SHIPPER’S DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY FOREIGN HORSES, ASSES, OR MULES TO FIJI.

I, [Full name and address of shipper], do solemnly and sincerely declare that the undermentioned [State whether horses, asses, or mules] are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, free from infectious and contagious disease; that they have been so during the six months immediately preceding the date hereof, and have not within the six months immediately preceding the date hereof been in direct or indirect contact with stock infected with any such diseases; and that they have been in [Insert name of State or district and of country] during the twelve months immediately preceding the date hereof.

Description of Horses, Asses, or Mules.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1835.

Signed :

Declared at this day of , 19 .
Signed :

N.B.—In any British country the declaration is to be made before a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or other person authorized to take it. In any country outside the British Empire the declaration is to be made before a British Consul or Vice-Consul, or before any other authorized person.

Form No. 2.

VETERINARIAN’S CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY HORSES, MULES, OR ASSES FROM NEW ZEALAND, NEW SOUTH WALES, VICTORIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND ASSES FROM FRANCE, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.

I, [Insert name and qualification], a veterinarian practising in the [Insert name of State or district] hereby certify (a) that I have this day examined the animals referred to in the foregoing declaration and found them free from all symptoms of infectious and contagious diseases; and (b) that on the day of , 19 , I applied the mallein test to the said animals with negative results.

In the case of horses or mules from New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Canada, or the United States of America the certificate must be signed by a Government Veterinarian, and should read “a veterinarian in the employ of, &c.”

The certificate of testing with mallein is not required in the case of animals from New Zealand, Australia, or Tasmania.