1964_PUBLIC_HEALTH_(ANIMALS)_(BOARDING_ESTABLISHMENT)_REGULATIONS — Page 5

[1973 Ed. 

Public Health (Animals) (Boarding Establishment) Regulations 

CAP. 139] 

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(c) the animals shall be supplied with adequate and potable water and, if no constant supply of potable water is available, they shall be supplied with potable liquid at least twice daily for a period of not less than one hour each time; 

(d) all excreta and other waste matter shall be removed not less than once daily from the place at which the animals are accommodated; 

(e) the primary enclosures, housing facilities and outdoor areas shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and shall contain adequate and dry bedding; 

(f) a programme for the control and destruction of insects, ectoparasites, avian and mammalian pests at the place at which the animals are accommodated shall be established and maintained to the satisfaction of the Director; 

(g) animals shall not be housed in the same primary enclosure 

unless they are of the same or a compatible genus; 

(h) notwithstanding that the animals are of the same or 

compatible genus- 

(i) female animals in season (oestrus) shall not be housed in the same primary enclosure with male animals, except for breeding purposes; and 

(ii) animals of vicious disposition shall be housed individually in separate primary enclosures; 

(i) young animals shall not be housed in the same primary 

enclosure with adult animals, except- 

(i) when permanently maintained in breeding colonies; or 

(ii) where the adult animals are their dams or equivalent; 

(j) dogs and cats shall not be housed in the same primary 

enclosure; 

(k) dogs or cats shall not be housed with any other species 

of animals; and 

(l) animals under treatment for a communicable disease shall 

be kept separate from other animals. 

9. 

[Subsidiary] 

Offences and 

(1) Any person who contravenes regulation 4 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000. 

(2) Any person to whom a licence has been granted who contravenes- 

(a) any condition attached to his licence; or 

(b) regulation 7 or 8, 

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000.