CATTLE PLAGUE REGULATIONS

CATTLE PLAGUE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 36.14

CATTLE PLAGUE REGULATIONS

18th April, 1947

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 169 of 1947, as amended by Government

Notices 293 and 380 of 1947.

The title of these Regulations is Cattle Plague Regulations.

In these Regulations, Gozo includes Comino.

All bovines shall be inoculated against the cattle plague.

The vaccine used for such inoculation shall be any one of

the vaccines approved for the purpose by the government

veterinary surgeon.

All bovines inoculated against cattle plague shall be

marked in such a way as to render future identification possible.

In the event of mortality amongst bovines inoculated in

accordance with regulation 4, compensation shall be paid to the

owner if the government veterinary surgeon is satisfied that death

is the direct result of the inoculation.

Compensation shall be assessed as follows

(a) full market value of the live animal less the meat value

if the carcase is passed for human consumption;

(b) full market value of the live animal if the carcase is not

passed for human consumption.

No person shall sell or purchase bovines which have not

been inoculated against cattle plague.

All imported cattle shall, on arrival, be inoculated against

cattle plague, at the owner’s risk and expense.

Imported bovines which have been inoculated against

cattle plague shall not be moved without a written permit from the

government veterinary surgeon who, previously to issuing such a

permit, shall satisfy himself that the animals have acquired

immunity.

Owners or persons in possession of bovines shall take them

to inoculation centres as and when required to do so by a general

notice issued by the government veterinary surgeon and published

in the Government Gazette or by a special notice addressed to the

owner or person in possession of bovines for the purpose of having

the bovines inoculated against cattle plague.

No person shall transport or cause to be transported any

cattle, goats, sheep or pigs from Malta to Gozo.

CATTLE PLAGUE

No person shall transport or cause to be transported any

cattle from Gozo to Malta

Provided that it shall be lawful for any person who is in

possession of a written permit issued by the government veterinary

surgeon to transport or cause to be transported cattle from Gozo to

Malta for the purpose of slaughtering such cattle at the abattoir in

Malta

Provided further that this regulation shall not apply to cattle

in respect of which a certificate of immunization against cattle

plague by the government veterinary surgeon can be produced.