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Notes on new draft of the Public Health (Quarantine and Prevention of Disease) Bill.
This Bill comprises, with some alterations and excisions, sections 1 to 111, 181 and 182 of the former Quarantine Bill, the remaining sections of which (with section 182 repeated) have been transferred to the new Animals and Birds Bill.
Section of former
draft.
Section of present Bill.
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9
2
2
Remarks.
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8 (3)
s.s. (1) "Dairy"--milk shop omitted and
made subject of separate definition.
"C.V.S." omitted as not mentioned in this
Bill.
Definitions of delouse, deratise, and dis-
insectise added.
"Health Officer" extended to include Port
Health Officer.
s.s. (2) clarified in several places.
s.s. (4) added for clarity.
s.s. (2) (g) deleted as overlapping with former s. 9 (1) (h). 2 (1) also deleted, this provision being covered by (3) (h).
s.s. (2) (n) (o) (p) and (q) omitted-trans-
ferred to new Animals and Birds Bill.
Old s. 9 thus made part of new s. 8- -as directed-all quarantine matters hav- ing thus to be dealt with by regulations of the Governor in Council instead of partly by regulations and partly by by-laws.
8.8. 3-similar opening clause to that of
8 (1) inserted. (h) amplified. (1) G. in C. for U.C.
Old s. 9 s.s. (2) omitted since no by-laws are to be made under this Ordinance.
(All references elsewhere to by-laws have
been deleted for same reason).
"or air" added after "sea" in s.s. (1).
Redrafted in the light of the latest quaran-
tine signal regulations-see s. 35.
"Supercargo" omitted in each s.s. with
approval of D.M.S.S.
Omitted as surplusage.
Redrafted to conform with latest regula- tions governing quarantine signals.
Redrafted with approval of D.M.S.S.
(iii) redrafted at beginning and end.
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33
32
35
37
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46
44
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