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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1991
TWO ORDINANCES ARE NOT "HOWEVER, THE PROVISIONS UNDER THESE
BE COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT THE THREAT POSED BY RABIES CAN DEALT WITH EFFECTIVELY OR EFFICIENTLY", AN AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
AND FISHERIES
TODAY, CONSOLIDATES IN A
SINGLE THE
"THE RABIES BILL, GAZETTED PIECE OF LEGISLATION ALL THE ANTI-RABIES PROVISIONS NECESSARY FOR
OF RABIES IN THE TERRITORY," HE EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND CONTROL EXPLAINED.
ΤΟ ADDITION
DOGS AND CATS, ALL
THE BILL PROPOSES THAT, IN OTHER MAMMALS, APART FROM HUMAN BEINGS, SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO CONTROL.
PROVISIONS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED IN THE
PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS NOW REPLACED BY AND BIRDS) ORDINANCE CONCERNING INFECTED PLACES ARE
DECLARED MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROVISIONS CONCERNING PLACES WHICH MAY BE AS RABIES CONTROL AREA.
PROVISIONS FOR THE REGULATION
OF
PRIVATE QUARANTINE
CENTRES
HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW BILL.
"THE BILL EMPOWERS THE DIRECTOR OF TO DECLARE A RABIES CONTROL AREA, TO IMPOSE ANIMALS WITHIN SUCH AN AREA, AND TO DECLARE PLACES OR OBSERVATION CENTRES.
AND AGRICULTURE
CONTROL ON MOVEMENT OF ΤΟ BE QUARANTINE
FISHERIES
"ADDITIONAL
ASSOCIATED
WITH
POWER TO ANIMALS
PREVENTIVE MEASURES,
PROVIDED IN THE NEW BILL, HE ADDED.
UNDER THE NEW PROPOSALS, ANIMALS IN SPECIFIED PROHIBITED TO ANIMALS WILL CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE.
THE BILL ALSO MAKES IT A DUTY FOR SUSPECTED RABID ANIMAL, NOT ONLY OFFICER.
THE IMPORT AND KEEPING
RABIES
LIFE-LONG BECOME THEMSELVES, WILL BE PROHIBITED.
ENABLING REQUEST AND TO
AUTHORISED OFFICERS
REQUIRE ARTICLES TO DETAIN INFORMATION, ARREST WHEN NECESSARY ARE ALSO
ΤΟ
ANIMALS, ABANDONING
PLACES,
OR
ALLOWING ANIMALS
FEEDING
INTO
STRAY PLACES
BEEN RAISED BY 100 PER CENT TO PROVISIONS.
STIFFER PENALTIES, I.E. $50,000 AND ARE PROPOSED FOR ILLEGAL IMPORTATION, KEEPING PROHIBITED VIOLATING ANY MOVEMENT BAN IN RESPECT OF AREAS.
ANIMALS IN RABIES CONTROL
ON THE IMPACT OF THE NEW BILL ON MEMBERS SPOKESMAN SAID:
OF THE PUBLIC, THE
AND
AND LAW-ABIDING PET OWNERS **THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC ANIMAL TRADERS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE BILL.
ANY PERSON TO REPORT ANY DOGS AND CATS, TO AN AUTHORISED
OF VAMPIRE CARRIERS WITHOUT
MAMMALS BATS,
SHOWING
ANY
WHICH CAN SYMPTOM
PENALTIES FOR MOST OFFENCES RELATING
$10,000,
TO ANIMAL AS COMPARED
CONTROL CONTROL HAVE WITH THE
OLD
ONE YEAR'S
IMPRISONMENT,
ANIMALS AND
/"HOWEVER, ANIMAL