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Explanatory Note

(This Note is not part of the regulations,

but is intended to indicate their general purport.)

These regulations control trading in all

animals and birds, other than some domestic animals

and poultry.

Regulation 4 prohibits animal trading except

in accordance with a licence, which the Director of

Agriculture and Fisheries may grant under regulation 5.

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Regulation 6 prescribes the standards of the

premises at which animal trading may be carried on.

These standards must be complied with before a licence

is granted.

Regulation 7 prohibits a licensee from altering

or modifying the licensed premises, without the

Director's permission.

Regulation 8 requires a licensee to keep all

animals and birds intended for the purpose of trading at

the licensed premises.

The requirements with which a licensee

has to comply, for the purpose of maintaining sanitation

and good husbandry, and set out in regulation 9.

Regulation 10 specifies the animals and birds

which are to be kept separately, notwithstanding that

they are of the same, or a compatible, genus.