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Amendment of regulation 21.

7.

Regulation 21 of the principal regulations is amended in paragraph (4) by inserting the following after "regulation"-

"and may, if the dog is not claimed by its owner or his agent within seven days of the day on which it was detained, destroy the dog".

lands

Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

28th November 1967.

DOGS AND CATS ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 167).

DOGS AND CATS (INOCULATION FEES AND OBSERVATION AND QUARANTINE FEES)

(CANCELLATION) NOTICE 1967,

In exercise of the powers conferred by the Dogs and Cats Regulations, the Governor hereby cancels the inoculation fees prescribed under regulation 6 of the Dogs and Cars Regulations and the Dogs and Cats (Observation and Quarantine Fees) Notifica- tion with effect from the commencement of the Dogs and Cats (Amendment) Ordinance 1967,

By Command,

صدمه

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended

to indicate their general purport).

These regulations make a number of minor amendments to the Dogs and Cats Regulations, some of which are consequent upon the Dogs and Cats (Amendment) Ordinance 1967.

(a) Regulations 2 and 3. Regulation 3 amends the principal regula- tions so that licences issued under those regulations are valid for twelve months from the date of issue. Hitherto, all licences have expired on 31st March in each year. This la a desirable simplifica. tion of the licensing procedure, and, inter alia, dispenses with the pecessity for reduced fees in certain cases. The amendment made by regulation 2 revokes the provisions relating to reduced fees, but does not otherwise change the law.

(b) Regulation 4 clarifies the law as to the time at which a dog must first be inoculated, and also revokes paragraph (3) of regulation & of the principal regulations in consequence of the Dops and Cab (Amendment) Ordinance 1967.

(c) Regulation $ revokes the provisions of regulation % of the prio. cipal regulations conferring power to detain or destroy a dog over three months of age which does not have a tattoo mark. This power is no longer necessary in view of the powers cou- ferred by the new section 5 of the Ordinance (section 3 of the Dogs and Cats (Amendment) Ordinance 1967).

(d) Regulation 6 revokes regulations 10 and 20 of the principal regulations in consequence of the Dogs and Cats (Amendment) Ordinance 1967.

(e) Regulation 7 amends regulation 21 of the principal regulations so as to confer power to destroy a dog which has been detained because it was not under contral, if the dog is not claimed within seven days.

(Secretariat ECON 63/3231/49)

29th November 1967.

(Secretariat ECON 63/3231/49)