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[Subsidiary] Registered dairymen to give notice of illness in certain cases.
Licensee to give notice of disease among cattle in dairy or among animals associated therewith.
Register of herd to be kept.
Offences and penalties.
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Dairies Regulations.
[1970 Ed.
24. Where any registered dairyman knows that he or any person who resides in the premises in which he resides or who is employed by him in any dairy is suffering from any disease, he shall forthwith give notice in writing thereof to a health officer.
25. Where the licensee of any dairy knows that any disease exists among any of the cattle kept in the dairy, or among other animals associated with such cattle, he shall forthwith give notice in writing thereof to the Director or the senior veterinary officer.
26. (1) Every registered dairyman shall keep a herd register on a form to be supplied by the Director. He shall enter therein in black ink particulars of each and every animal kept or received by him. He shall make all necessary entries therein promptly so that the register forms an up-to-date record of his herd. In the case of any animal which ceases to be kept by him, the dairyman shall cancel the particulars aforesaid by means of a thin line in red ink in such a manner as not to render such particulars illegible. In addition, he shall enter in red ink in the remarks column, the date of the departure of such animal from the dairy and the place to which it has been sent and, if required by any inspector, shall produce a receipt or other document verifying the date of departure of the animal and its destination. In the case of the death of an animal, the date and cause of death, and the manner and place of disposal of the carcass, shall be entered in red ink in the appropriate columns and the registered dairyman shall, if required by any inspector, produce documentary evidence verifying such particulars. All entries shall be in the English language. All entries shall be complete and accurate.
(2) Any such register shall be produced by the registered dairyman for inspection on demand by any inspector.
(3) The loss of any such register shall be reported by the registered dairyman without delay to the Director or to an inspector.
PART IV.
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.
27. (1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 3 or of regulation 6 or 7 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.
(2) Any person who-
(a) contravenes the provisions of regulation 20 or of paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 21 or paragraph (1) or (3) of regulation 22;
(b) fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notification published in the Gazette under the provisions of
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