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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1215, 13 April 1880, Page 4

Government Notices.

[Extract from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 18, 25th March, 1880.]

" Regulations wider Diseased Cattle Acts. — Notice No. 31.

Heeoules Robinson, Govebnoe. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1880. Present : His Excellency the Goveenon in Council.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871,'* (hereinafter called ' the said Act") it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council, at any time after the coming into operation of the Baid Act, to make general regulations for the several purposes in the said Act specified. And whereas the said Act was, by a Proclamation made by the Governor thereunder, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, proclaimed to come into force in the Colony of New Zealand on the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eijfht hundred and seventy-two. And whereas by the said Act it is further enacted that, in any regulations made thereunder, it shall be lawful for the Governor to prescribe penalties for the breach thereof, as in the said Act

mentioned. And whereas it is expedient to rescind all Proclamations, Orders in Council, and notices prescribing the fees to be taken by Inspectors for the inspection of cattle (whether arriving by sea or in any district), and also for the allowances to be made to such Inspectors as and for travelling expenses in respect of cattle. And whereas by section thirteen of " The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871, Amendment Acr, 1873, it is enacted that every Order in Council made under the said Acts Bhall fix a time within which the same shall come into force. And whereas it is expedient that regulations should be made for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned. Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said - Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby rescind and revoke all Proclamations and Orders in Council for prescribing fees and allowances as aforesaid, so far as the same relate to cattle as hereinafter defined, and doth hereby make the general regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto. And doth order and declare that the regulations hereby made shall take effect on and after the day next after the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, ®n which day the same shall come into operation.

SCHEDULE.

Genekal Regulations.

1. In these regulations the following words and phrases shall have the several meanings hereby respectively assigned tv them : — •'Animal" shall mean cattle of every age and sex. "Cattle" bliall include bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, steers, and calves "Board" shall mean the Local Cattle Board of the district. " District " shall mean any part of the colony constituted a district under the said x\.ct. "Infected place". shall icean any district or portion of a district, or any place whatsoever, declared to be an infected place under the said Act "Inspector" shall mean the Inspector of the distinct or and any Deputy Inspector duly appointed under the said Act. " Disease" shall mean pleuro -pneumonia "Disease" shall mean suffering from pleuro - pneumonia . "The said Act" shall include "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act 1873." 2. "Words importing the singular number include the plural, and words importing the plural number include the singular. Notices. The owner or person having the custody or charge of any diseased cattle shall forthwith give notice in writing to the Inspector, and if any Inspector shall find any diseased cattle before such notice has been given, every such owner or person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds unless he can prove that he did not know of such cattle being diseased. Provided that no notice if given to an Inspector after he has entered any premises for the purpose of inspecting the cattle therein shall be deemed to be a notice for the purpose of this section. 4. The Inspector may from time to time direct persons in the occupation of any premises declared to be infected under sections nineteen, twenty, or twenty- one of the said Act, to affix, and keep affixed, notices to that effect on such parts of the said premises, and in such manner as the Inspector directs; and such person shall affix, and keep affixed, the same accordingly, and in default thereof bhall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for each day's default. QUABANTINE. 5. Cattle arriving from any place beyond the seas and placed in quarantine shall remain therein for such time, not exceeding forty-two days, as the Board shall in each case specially direct or require." 6. No cattle shall be removed from any quarantine ground, or from any infected place, without the written authority of the Inspector ; and any person removing, or causing to be removed, or assisting to remove, any cattle from any quarantine ground or infected place without such authority, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fivt hundred pounds. 7. If any cattle are removed fi'om quarantine or from an infected place in contravention of the said Act or of the.se regulations, any Inspector may cause them to be forthwith taken back at the expense of the owner, who shall be liable to pay to him the cost thereof on demand. 8. All losses in respect of any cattle whilst being conveyed to or from or whilst in quarantine, from whatever cause, shall be borne by the owner thereof, and he shall have no claim whatever for compensation for any such loss, 9. No fodder or fittings shall be tlirown overboard from any ships in any river, port, or harbour in New Zealand, or elsawhere in New Zealand waters, and all fittings used for, with, or about any imported cattle, and all effects belonging to ' their attendants which may be deemed necessary, shall be disinfected, as the Inspector sh all direct. 10. No Inspector &hali authorize the introduction into New Zealand of any fittings until they have been properly disinfected to the satisfaction of the Inspector, nor of any fodder, other than oilcake, bran, barley, otite, beans, or peas, brought to the colony from anj> pluce beyond New Zealand, except for the purpose of burning .such fodder in such place a-« the Inspector shall appoint : and any i fodder or fitting landed w Ithuut the i authority of an Inspector, or otherwi.se thnn in jiefcu'ilunoe with the condition > ■