Animal Health Act, 2002 (Act No. 7 of 2002)28. Regulations |
| (1) | The Minister may make regulations— |
| (a) | regarding any matter which in terms of this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed; |
| (b) | regarding the qualifications, powers and duties of specified persons; |
| (c) | regarding the payment of fees for services rendered by an officer in terms of this Act; |
| (d) | prescribing- |
| (i) | things other than animals or infectious things, as contaminated things; and |
| (ii) | animal products or other things, as infectious things; |
| (e) | declaring certain invertebrates to be an animal for the purpose of this Act; |
| (f) | regarding the manner and periods within which specified applications have to be submitted, the documents that are to accompany such applications and the fees that are payable in respect of such applications; |
| (g) | regarding measures which may relate to— |
| (i) | the importation and exportation of any animal or thing; |
| (ii) | the designation of specified animal diseases as controlled animal diseases; |
| (iii) | the designation of specified areas as controlled areas in respect of certain controlled animal diseases; |
| (iv) | the application of controlled veterinary procedures with regard to any animal or thing; |
| (v) | the manner in which any animal or thing which is required or permitted to be isolated under this Act, must be isolated and cared for and treated in isolation; |
| (vi) | the manner in which any infectious or contaminated thing, or anything that can be suspected of being an infectious or contaminated thing, must be cared for, treated, disinfected, destroyed or disposed of; |
| (vii) | access to certain places; |
| (viii) | the taking and analysis of samples of any animal or thing; |
| (ix) | records to be kept in respect of any animal or thing; |
| (x) | the movement of any animal or thing; |
| (xi) | hunting, shooting, capture and disposing of game; |
| (xii) | the slaughter of any animal under certain conditions; |
| (xiii) | actions with regard to the carcass of any animal, and the progeny and product of such animal. infected with a controlled animal disease; |
| (xiv) | the disposal of any animal or thing; |
| (xv) | the erection and use of dipping tanks, spray races and crushes; |
| (xvi) | the use of specified remedies in respect of specified controlled animal diseases; and |
| (h) | prescribing any matter that may be expedient or necessary in order to achieve the purposes of this Act. |
| (2) | A measure referred to in paragraph (1)(g) may— |
| (a) | impose a prohibition, restriction or obligation with regard to any matter mentioned in that paragraph; |
| (b) | provide that a person may by means of a written consent be exempted from the prohibition, restriction or obligation concerned; and |
| (c ) | specify the procedure with regard to the lodging of an application for such consent and the fees, if any, that are payable in respect thereof. |
| (3) | If a measure referred to in paragraph (1)(g) has been prescribed for a particular area, the national executive officer must in the manner prescribed, notify all owners and users, as the case may be, of land and owners of animals, in that area, of the type of measure that will apply, the area that will be affected and, where applicable, the period within which the measure must apply. |
| (4) | Different regulations that differ in respects deemed expedient by the Minister may be made under this section, subject to the provisions of this Act, in relation to different areas in the Republic, different classes of animals and things or animal diseases or parasites. |