Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)

When a contact animal or an infected animal in respect of a particular controlled animal disease is kept in isolation on land, no person shall on such land slaughter any susceptible animal of a kind specified in column 3 of Table 2 opposite the controlled animal disease concerned, except under a written authorisation by the responsible State Veterinarian or so slaughter such animal otherwise than in accordance with the conditions specified in such authorisation.