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Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)
Notice No. 647 of 1984
Act
1. Definitions
2. Exercising of powers and carrying out of duties by director
3. Authorized person
4. Written authority in respect of officers and authorized persons
5. Quarantine stations
6. Importation of certain controlled animals or things
7. [Repealed]
8. Removal and further detention of imported animals or things
9. Control measures
10. Animal health schemes
11. Duties of owners and managers regarding health of animals
12. Disposal of straying animals
13. Rendering of certain services by director
14. Assumption of control over land by director
15. Orders
16. Powers of entry and inspection of director
17. Seizures by director
18. Fences
19. Compensation
20. Limitations on investigations, experiments and research with, and manufacture and evaluation of, certain products
21. General provisions regarding applications, claims and requests
22. Determination and payment of fees and other amounts
23. Objections against decisions of and steps taken by director and certain other persons and bodies
24. Keeping and production of documents
25. Secrecy
26. Limitation on liability of South African Transport Services and livestock auctioneers
27. Limitation of liability
28. Application of Act in respect of State
29. Defects in form
30. Defrayal of expenses
31. Regulations
32. Offences and penalties
33. Presumptions and proof
34. Vicarious liability
35. Repeal, savings and transitional provisions
36. Short title and commencement
Schedule
Acts Repealed
Regulations
Notice No. R. 2026 of 1986
1. Definitions
2. Notification that applications may be made
3. Applications for designation as authorised persons
4. Requests to render services
5. Requests for revision
6. Reimbursement for services by authorised persons
7. Fees payable for accommodation
8. Applications for import permits
9. Detention of controlled animals and things
10. Treatment of animals against external parasites
11. Application of controlled veterinary acts
12. Reporting of incidence of controlled animal diseases
12A. Reporting of incidence of notifiable animal diseases
12B. Registration for diagnostic testing for controlled and notifiable animal diseases
13. Isolation of controlled animals or things
14. Prohibition of access to certain places
15. Disinfection of certain places and things
16. Sampling by responsible persons
17. Records in relation to controlled animals
18. Proof of performance of controlled veterinary acts
19. Notification and isolation of certain animals
20. Restrictions on movement
20A. Keeping of buffalo
20B. Keeping of Equines and Zebra in the African Horse sickness controlled area
20B. Keeping of Ostriches
21. Restrictions on hunting, shooting, catching and driving away of game
22. Restrictions on the slaughtering of certain animals
23. Restrictions on actions with controlled animals and things
24. Restrictions on the disposal of certain things
25. Dipping tanks, spray races and crushes
26. Notification of control measures
26A. Application of controlled veterinary acts on animal diseases other than controlled animal diseases
27. Fees for services rendered
28. Serving of documents
29. Marking of controlled animals and things
30. Compensation
31. Lodging of applications, claims and requests
32. Payment of fees
33. Objections against decisions of or steps taken by the director
34. Commencement
Annexures
Annexure 1 : Things included in Definitions of "Infectious Thing" or "Contaminated Thing" in the Act
Annexure 2 : Areas to and from which controlled animals or things may be moved or removed on authority of a permit only
Annexure 3 : Notifiable Animal Diseases
[Deleted] Annexure 4 : The African Horse Sickness Controlled Area of the Western Cape is divided into the following Three Zones for control purposes
Tables
Table 1 : Controlled areas relating to particular controlled animal diseases
Table 2 : Control measures relating to controlled animal diseases
Table 3 : Marks to be made on certain controlled animals
Notices
Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease in Certain Areas
Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease in Certain Areas
Notice No. 67 of 2019
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Prohibition on the movement of animals and products
[Repealed] Control Measures Relating to Foot and Mouth Disease in Certain Areas
Notice No. 176 of 2020
[Repealed] Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease in Certain Areas
Notice No. R. 569 of 2021
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Prohibition on the movement of animals, animal products and genetic material except on authority of a permit
[Repealed] Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease in Certain Areas
Notice No. 827 of 2021
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Prohibition on the movement of animals, animal products and genetic material except on authority of a permit
[Repealed] Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease in Certain Areas
Notice No. 2075 of 2022
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Prohibition on the movement of animals, animal products and genetic material except on authority of a permit
[Repealed] Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease
Notice No. 2391 of 2022
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Prohibition on the movement of live cattle
4. Exemption from cattle movement ban for direct slaughter
5. Slaughter for own consumption
[Repealed] Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease
Notice No. R. 2465 of 2022
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Prohibition on the movement of live cattle, sheep and goats in certain areas
4. Cattle, sheep and goats movement for direct slaughter
5. Slaughter for own consumption
6. Restriction on movement of animals, animal products and genetic material
The Kwa Zulu Natal Province Disease Management Area
The Limpopo Province Disease Management Area
The Free State Province Disease Management Area
[Repealed] Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease
Notice No. 2606 of 2022
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Restriction on the movement of live cattle, sheep and goats in certain areas
4. Document requirements for movement of cattle, sheep and goats in the whole country
The Kwa Zulu Natal Province Disease Management Area
The Limpopo Province Disease Management Area
Control Measures relating to Foot and Mouth Disease
Notice No. 5064 of 2024
1. Definitions
2. Objective of control measure
3. Restriction on the movement of live cattle, sheep and goats in certain areas
4. Prohibition on the movement of animals, animal products and genetic material except on authority of a permit in certain areas
5. Document requirements for movement of cattle, sheep and goats in the whole country
The Eastern Cape Province Disease Management Area
The Kwa Zulu Natal Province Disease Management Area
The Limpopo Province Disease Management Area
Proclamation
Commencement of the Act
Notice No. R. 174 of 1986
"regulation"
means any regulation made under this Act;
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