Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act, 2001

SCHEDULE

Section 6.

Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal Act

The Principal Act is amended as follows:

1. In section 14—

(a) in subsections (1)(a), (2) and (3), after “infected” by the insertion of “or at risk of being infected”,

(b) in subsection (4), after “place or area” by the insertion of “or an area or place at risk of being infected” in both places where it occurs, and

(c) in subsection (5), by the substitution for “conclusive evidence” of “be evidence, until the contrary is shown”.

2. In section 15—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “infected” by the insertion of “or at risk of being infected”, and

(b) in paragraphs (b) to (g), after “place or area” by the insertion of “or a place or area suspected of being at risk of being infected” in each place where it occurs.

3. In section 16 after “place or area” by the insertion of “or a place or area suspected of being infected”.

4. In section 17—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion after paragraph (b) of the following:—

“(c) any animals or poultry within an area which in the opinion of the Minister sufficiently defines an area where a risk of infection exists.”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the insertion after “Minister” of “under this section”, and

(c) in subsection (3), by the substitution for “Act at the discretion of the Minister” of “section”.

5. In section 18, by the substitution for “under this Act at the direction of the Minister” of “section 17” in each place where it occurs.

6. In section 26, by the insertion after “suspected animals or poultry” of “or animals or poultry at risk” in each place where it occurs.

7. In section 28, by the insertion after “For the purposes of preventing the” of “outbreak or”.

8. In section 42(6), by the substitution for “conclusive evidence” of “evidence, until the contrary is shown,”.

9. In section 49(1)—

(a) in paragraphs (a) and (h), by the deletion of “, with intent to evade this Act or an order of the Minister or a regulation of a local authority”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the deletion of “, with the like intent”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the deletion of “untruly”.

10. In section 52—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution for “the owner or person in charge of an animal or bird” of “a person”, and

(b) by the deletion of subsection (3).

11. In the Second Schedule—

(a) in paragraph 1, by the insertion after “infecting animals or poultry” of “or animals or poultry capable of being infected”,

(b) in paragraph 14, by the insertion after “animals or birds” of “or animals or birds at risk of contracting a disease”, and

(c) in paragraph 15, by the insertion after “preventing” of “an outbreak”.