Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)Regulations23. Restrictions on actions with controlled animals and things |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of regulation 16, no person other than a veterinarian or a responsible technical officer may make any incision in the carcass of an animal that is infected or is suspected to be infected by the controlled animal diseases African swine fever, Aujeszky's disease, foot and mouth disease, glanders, European swine fever, rabies, anthrax, psittacosis, rinder pest or swine vesicular disease. |
[Regulation 23(1) substituted by section 2 of Notice No. R. 2358, GG15312, dated 10 December 1993]
| (2) | Subject to the provisions of regulation 16, no person shall, remove any carcass of an animal referred to in subregulation (1) or a portion of such carcass or the progeny or product of such animal from the land on which that animal has died. |
| (3) | Subject to the by-laws of local authority regarding the disposal of dead animals on land in its area of jurisdiction a responsible person shall dispose of a dead contact animal, or infected animal— |
| (a) | by burning or incenerating it and afterwards by burying the remains thereof at least 1,3m deep; or |
| (b) | by burying it at least 1,8m deep and by covering it with quicklime before the hole is filled up. |
| (4) | Any contaminated or infectious thing originating from or used in connection with a contact animal or infected animal shall, unless such contaminated or infectious thing has been effectively disinfected or sterilised, be diposed of in the manner contemplated in subregulation (3). |
| (5) | No person shall except under a written authorisation by a responsible State Veterinarian or otherwise than in accordance with a condition specified in such authorisation, exhume a dead contact animal or infected animal or a contaminated or infectious thing buried in terms of subregulation (3) or (4). |