Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

Orders in relation to clearance, attested and disease-free areas.

20.—The Minister may make, in relation to any clearance area or attested or disease-free area, orders—

(a) as to animals or poultry affected or suspected of being affected or capable of affecting animals or poultry with the relevant disease—

(i) authorising the taking of possession, by agreement, of the animals or poultry on behalf of the Minister;

(ii) in default of agreement, securing and regulating the removal out of the area or slaughter of the animals or poultry;

(iii) securing and regulating the isolation and maintenance of the animals or poultry pending their being taken possession of on behalf of the Minister or removed out of the area or slaughtered;

(b) securing and regulating the isolation and testing from time to time of animals or poultry brought on to land or premises;

(c) the prohibition or restriction of the movement of animals and poultry into, out of, through or within the area;

(d) securing and regulating the keeping of records in relation to animals or poultry and the production and inspection of the records;

(e) specifying forms of notices to be served under orders made by virtue of this section;

(f) providing, in cases in which there has been failure to comply with the requirements of any such notice, for—

(i) in case the notice requires removal out of the area or slaughter of animals or poultry—the taking of possession of the animals or poultry, their disposal as the Minister thinks fit and the recovery (without prejudice to any penalty that may have been incurred) of the cost of taking possession of the animals or poultry and of thereafter maintaining them and disposing of them;

(ii) in any other case—the carrying out of the requirements of the notice by or on behalf of the Minister and the recovery (without prejudice to any penalty which may have been incurred) of the cost of carrying out the requirements;

(g) determining, in the case of holdings situate partly within and partly outside any clearance, attested or disease-free area, or situate wholly or partly within two or more such areas, the area to which such holdings belong;

(h) authorising entry on land or premises for the purposes of any such order;

(i) for purposes ancillary or incidental to any of the foregoing purposes.