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Amendment of section 2.

Amendment of section 4.

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3. Subsection (1) of section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by the deletion of the definition "Director" and the

substitution therefor of the following definition-

""Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries and any Assistant Director of Agricul- ture and Fisheries;": and

(b) by the deletion of the full stop at the end of the definition "special permit" and the substitution therefor of a semi- colon and by the insertion thereafter of the following definitions--

'"wild animals” means all animals other than those

classed at common law as domestic;

"wild birds" means all birds other than poultry and

those kept principally or solely as pets.".

Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the insertion, after subsection (3), of the following new subsection—

Amendment of section 3.

5.

Addition of new sections 9A and 9B.

"(4) Any person who-

(a) contravenes any of the provisions of subsection

(1); or

(b) contravenes any of the provisions of an order

issued under subsection (2),

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on sum- mary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.”.

Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and (8) the insertion of the following new subsection-

"(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of an order issued under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.".

6. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 9 of the following new sections-

Notice of intention to exhibit a

wild animal or wild bind.

"PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AT PLACES. WHERE WILD ANIMALS AND WILD BIRDS ARE EXHIBITED.

9A. (1) Any person who intends to exhibit any wild animal or wild bird on premises to which the public are to be admitted shall, prior to the exhibition of the wild animal or wild bird, give notice in writing

Power of Director to require work done.

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to the Director of his intention to exhibit the wild animal or wild bird, and such notice shall specify the kind of wild animal or wild bird which he intends to exhibit and the premises on which he intends to exhibit the wild animal or wild bird.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.

9B. (1) Where a person imends to exhibit any wild animal or wild bird, the Director may cause a notice in accordance with subsection (3) to be served on such person or, if such person cannot be found, on the owner or occupier of the premises on which it is intended to exhibit the wild animal or wild bird, requiring the person on whom the notice is served, prior to the exhibition of the wild animal or wikl bird, to take such steps and do such things to the satisfaction of the Director for the protection and safety of the public as may be specified in the notice.

(2) Where a person is exhibiting a wiki animal or wild bird, the Director may cause a notice in accordance with subsection (3) to be served on such person or, if such person cannot be found, on the owner or occupier of the premises on which the wild animal or wild bird is being exhibited, requiring the person on whom the notice is served-

(a) within the period specified in the notice, to take such steps and do such things to the satisfaction of the Director for the protection and safety of the public as may be specified in the notice; and

(b) if the Director thinks fit, to cease exhibiting the wild animal or wild bird, until such steps are taken or such things done as may be specified under paragraph (a).

(3) Any notice served under subsection (1) or (2) shall be in the form specified in the Schedule, and such notice may be served, whether or not the Director has received a notice required to be given under section 9A.

(4) Any person who fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served on him by the