PREVENTION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE REGULATIONS

PREVENTION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 36.21

PREVENTION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

REGULATIONS

22nd December, 1967

LEGAL NOTICE 83 of 1967, as amended by Legal Notices 22 of 1968

and 150 of 1976.

The title of these Regulations is Prevention of Foot and

Mouth Disease Regulations.

The Minister responsible for Agriculture may order any

meat, meat products, animal offals or parts of an animal imported

into these Islands to be re-exported within such time as he may

consider expedient, when he is satisfied that in the country of

origin of such meat, meat products, animal offals or parts of an

animal there is or there has been at any time during the period of

three months immediately preceding the day of importation into

these Islands a case of foot and mouth disease.

Where an importer fails to comply with such order within

the time prescribed as above, the Minister responsible for

agriculture may order the meat, meat products, animal offals or

parts of an animal in regard to which such order was made to be

destroyed at the expense of the importer.

No swill shall be landed from any ship, yacht, pleasure

craft, boat or other vessel or from any aircraft whatsoever without

the prior approval of the Director of Agriculture and under such

conditions as the said Director may deem fit to impose.