Diseased Cattle Regulations




removal and transportation of Cattle out of the said Infected Districts respectively, and for preventing the further spread of the Disease called Pleuro-pneumonia.

REGULATIONS.

  1. That if any Inspector appointed under the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," for the Infected Districts above described, shall at any time have reasonable grounds to suspect that any Cattle within the Infected Districts above described are Infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, or any other Infectious Disease, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby authorised forthwith, or as soon as he conveniently can, to proceed to and enter into and upon the place whether inclosed or otherwise, where such Cattle are or are supposed by him to be and by inspecting such Cattle, or in any other manner shall satisfy himself whether such Cattle, or any of them, are infected, or may be reasonably suspected to be infected with Pleuro-pneumonia or any other infectious disease, or whether the same are free from Pleuro-pneumonia and other infectious disease.

  2. That if such Inspector shall be satisfied that such Cattle or any of them are actually infected with Pleuro-pneumonia or other infectious disease, he shall forthwith give to the owner, or the person having the custody, charge or possession of the said Cattle, notice of which of the said Cattle he deems actually infected, and such owner or person aforesaid shall within 24 hours after such notice destroy the Cattle so deemed infected, and shall forthwith bury four feet under ground, or burn the carcasses of the Cattle so destroyed, and if the owner or person having the custody or possession of the Cattle deemed by the Inspector to be infected cannot readily be found, or if such owner or person neglect to destroy the Cattle deemed infected after the receipt of the notice aforesaid, any Inspector for the said infected Districts may seize and destroy or cause to be seized and destroyed such Cattle so deemed infected.

  3. That if any owner of Cattle, or any person having the custody or charge of Cattle, shall after having received such notice as aforesaid, neglect, or refuse to destroy the same, or any of them, within twenty four hours after such notice, such owner, or person aforesaid, shall be liable to a fine, or penalty of Fifty Pounds, for every head of Cattle which he shall have neglected or refused to destroy.

  4. That if any Owner of Cattle which any such Inspector as aforesaid, has notified to be infected or if any person having the custody, care, or possession of any such Cattle shall after the same, or any of them, have been destroyed, neglect, or refuse to bury four feet under ground or to burn the carcasses thereof within twenty-four hours after the destruction thereof, such owner, or person aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty of ten pounds for every carcass which he shall neglect, or refuse to bury or burn.

  5. That if any Inspector for the Infected Districts, Proclaimed as aforesaid, shall suspect that any Cattle within the said Infected Districts, are infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, or any other infectious disease, but shall not be satisfied that such Cattle are actually infected, he may, if he shall think fit, order the owner, or person having the custody, or being in possession of such Cattle, to drive, or cause to be driven, the said Cattle, to such place within the said Infected Districts, Proclaimed as aforesaid, as he may think fit, there to be kept until he shall give permission for their removal.

  6. That the Inspectors of Diseased Cattle under the said Act, for the said Infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid, shall forthwith cause to be publicly posted, or exhibited at and about all the main thoroughfares leading into the said Infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid, notice that the said Infected Districts have been so Proclaimed and Declared Infected.

  7. That if any persons shall drive, or remove, or cause to be driven or removed, or assist in driving or removing any Cattle out from the said Infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid, such person shall be liable to a fine of Fifty Pounds for every head of such Cattle so driven out from the said Infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid.

  8. That it shall be lawful for any Inspector of the said Infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid, or any Police Constable having reasonable grounds to suspect that any Cattle are about to be driven out from the said infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid, to seize the same and take charge thereof, until he shall be satisfied that no attempt will be made to drive such Cattle out from the said Infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid.

  9. That in case any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct any Inspector or any Police Constable acting under the authority of these Regulations, every person so offending shall and may be seized and detained by such person so acting as aforesaid, or any person or persons he may call to his assistance, until such offender or offenders can be taken before two Justice of the Peace, and shall be liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds.

  10. That all owners or persons having the custody, care, or possession of any Cattle within the said infected Districts proclaimed as aforesaid, shall within fourteen days from this day give a notice to the Officer in charge of the Police Station nearest to the place where such Cattle are kept or are, containing



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 7





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