Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)Regulations6. Reimbursement for services by authorised persons |
| (1) |
| (a) | Reimbursement in terms of section 3 (5) of the Act shall be payable to an authorised person upon submission by him of a report and claim. |
| (b) | Such report and claim shall be submitted to the director in writing on a form furnished by the director, or is such form is in a particular case not available, on a good qualify A4-size paper and shall in addition to any other particulars which the director deems necessary— |
| (i) | furnish the name and address of the authorised person concerned; |
| (ii) | define the powers, duties or services excercised, performed or rendered; |
| (iii) | state the area in which, the period during which and the manner in which that powers, duties or services were exercised, performed or rendered; |
| (iv) | if any vehicle was used for the exercising, performance or rendering of that powers, duties or services, furnish the type, make, engine capacity and registration number of such vehicle as well as the distances travelled on each occasion; |
| (v) | if any labourers were employed by the authorised person concerned in the performance, exercising or rendering of that powers, duties or services, state the number of such labourers, the period for which each labourer was employed and the wages paid to each such labourer; |
| (vi) | in the case where any controlled veterinary act was performed, state the animal disease and the number of animals in respect of which that act was performed as well as the name and address of each owner of such animals; |
| (vii) | state the amount claimed in respect of the exercising, performance or rendering of the powers, duties or services, concerned and the manner in which that amount was calculated. |
| (2) | A report and claim referred to in subregulation (1) shall— |
| (a) | be forwarded by registered post or delivered by hand to the responsible State Veterinarian; |
| (b) | in the case of an authorised person who is designated for an indefinite period or has been requested to render a service extending over an indefinite period, be thus forwarded or delivered with 14 days of the end of each month; and |
| (c) | otherwise be thus forwarded or delivered within 30 days of the date on which the power, duty or service in question was exercised, performed or rendered. |
| (3) |
| (a) | Subject to the provisions of section 3 (5) of the Act an authorised person who carried out a controlled veterinary act in relation to a controlled animal disease shall in respect of the performance by him of the relevant authorisation be reimbursed at the applicable tariff indicated in a list of tariffs that is kept at the office of the director for this purpose. |
| (b) | Copies of such list of tariffs shall be available for inspection at the office of the director and each office of a responsible State Veterinarian. |