Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)Regulations15. Disinfection of certain places and things |
| (1) | The responsible person with regard to controlled animal or thing that is kept in isolation in terms of regulation 13 and the owner or person in control of a market, sales pen or railway loading kraal, showground, abattoir or other place, where any infections or contaminated thing was detained or of any conveyance with which an infectious or contaminated thing was conveyed, shall disinfect the place or conveyance concerned and any appliances used in connection therewith immediately after such animal or thing has been removed therefrom. |
| (2) |
| (a) | A place, conveyance and appliances referred to in subregulation (1) shall in the case of a controlled animal disease specified in column 1 or Table 2 that is caused or transmitted by a parasite, virus, bacterium or other organism specified in column 2 of the said Table opposite thereto be disinfected with a disinfectant remedy of which is known to be effective against the parasite, virus, bacterium or other organism concerned. |
| (b) | A remedy referred to in paragraph (a) shall be used at the concentration indicated in the directions for use thereof, or as prescribed by the responsible State Veterinarian. |
| (c) | A place, conveyance or appliances referred to in subregulation (1) shall— |
| (i) | be sprayed or treated with a remedy referred to in paragraph (a) until all surfaces thereof are completely wet and the soil and other infectious and contaminated things in such place or conveyance are saturated; and |
| (ii) | after having been thus sprayed or treated be left for at least 30 minutes or for the period determined in the directions for the use of the remedy concerned before it is swept out and washed or sprayed down with clean water. |
| (3) | The effluent of a disinfection in terms of subregulation (2) shall be disposed of in such manner that no susceptible animal or the progeny or products thereof will have physical contact therewith. |
| (4) | A place referred to in subregulation (1) that can not be disinfected in the manner referred to in subregulation (2) shall be made inaccessible for susceptible animals or the progeny or products thereof for at least 30 days after the controlled animal or thing concerned was removed from or out of that place. |
| (5) | Any person who has handled or came in contact with any infectious or contaminated thing shall wash his person with soap and water and disinfect his clothes and any equipment or apparatus used by him in connection therewith in the manner contemplated in subregulation (2). |