DISEMBARKATION OF ANIMALS REGULATIONS

DISEMBARKATION OF ANIMALS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.27

DISEMBARKATION OF ANIMALS REGULATIONS

29th March, 1963

LEGAL NOTICE 8 of 1963.

The title of these Regulations is Disembarkation of

Animals Regulations.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires -

"animal" means horse, ass, mule, bull or cow;

"cow" includes pregnant heifer;

"disembark" means disembark from a vessel on which animals

are carried by sea to a port or other place in these Islands.

It shall be an offence for any person to disembark or to

cause to be disembarked any animal unless the minimum standards

prescribed by these Regulations are satisfied.

(1) Horses, asses, mules and bulls shall be disembarked by

means of slings protected by such material as, in the opinion of the

Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon, will prevent chafing.

(2)

Horses, asses and mules shall be individually disembarked.

(3)

Bulls may be disembarked in pairs.

Each cow shall be disembarked in a portable box.

If any animal has broken limb or is otherwise seriously

injured or is in a wild state so as to be incapable of being

disembarked in accordance with the provisions of these

Regulations, the person in charge of the disembarkation shall

forthwith inform a government veterinary surgeon and the animal

shall thereafter be disembarked or slaughtered in accordance with

such directions as shall be given by such government veterinary

surgeon.