1978 Ed.]
Dogs and Cats Regulations
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name and address of the owner or consignee of such dog or cat and the description of such dog or cat.
Duty of master
to call for quarantine or
16. The master of any such vessel which arrives in the waters of the Colony shall not permit any dog or cat to be removed from such vessel until there has been produced to him a permit to import or a quarantine permit issued by the veterinary officer in respect of such dog or cat.
17. The owners, charterers or agents of any aircraft and the captain of any aircraft landing in the Colony shall not permit any dog or cat to be removed from such aircraft except to a place of safe custody provided by such owners, charterers, agents or captain within the airport until there has been produced to him or them a permit to import or a quarantine permit issued by the veterinary officer in respect of such dog or cat.
18. The owner or person having the custody, control or care of any dog or cat in respect of which he has received a quarantine permit shall at his own expense immediately after receiving such permit take such dog or cat to a quarantine station to be detained there for such period as the veterinary officer may prescribe.
19. (1) No dog shall be allowed to go abroad on a public thoroughfare or on any premises abutting on any thoroughfare which are not so enclosed as to confine such dog within the enclosed area unless it is on the lead or is otherwise under control.
(2) A breach of this regulation shall be deemed to have occurred if any dog is abroad as aforesaid and is not on the lead or otherwise under control or if a dog bites any person or any other dog at a time when, and at place at which, it is required by this regulation to be on a lead or otherwise under control.
(3) In every such case the owner of such dog or, if the owner is absent from the Colony, the person having the custody or care of such dog shall be guilty of such breach, notwithstanding that such breach occurred without his knowledge or without any default on his part and, in the case of a dog biting a person or another dog, notwithstanding any proof that the dog was on a lead or was otherwise under control.
(4) Any police officer or person authorized by the licensing authority may detain any dog which is not on the lead or otherwise under control in accordance with this regulation and may, if the dog is not claimed by its owner or his agent within 4 days of the day on which it was detained, destroy the dog.
20. The veterinary officer shall have absolute discretion to refuse any permit or permission which he is authorized by these regulations to issue or give.
Duty of owners, charterers, agents and captain in the event of dogs and cats arriving by aircraft.
Dogs and cats to go to quarantine station when
permit issued.
Dogs not to be allowed out except under control, absolute liability of owner. G.N.A. 158/54.
L.N. 190/67.
L.N. 134/70.
Discretion of veterinary officer.
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