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AMENDED REGULATIONS CONCERNING 

 SWINE FEVER. 



1. The Orders in Council dated 13th July, 1903, and 6th August, 

 1903, are hereby rescinded. 



Preliminary. 



2. Application of Order. — These regulations are divided into two 

 parts. The first part shall be applicable to the whole of Victoria, and 

 the second part shall apply only to an area declared by His Excellency 

 the Governor in Council by Order in Council to be a swine fever infected 

 area, which area is in this Order referred to as an " Infected Area." 



Part I. 



3. On Disease breaking out Owner of Swine to notify that 

 fact to Chief Inspector, etc. — In case of swine fever or any other 

 disease whatever breaking out, or deaths occurring amongst swine in any 

 part of Victoria, the owner of the swine affected, or, in his absence, the 

 person for the time being in charge of the swine shall forthwith, in writing, 

 notify the Chief Inspector of such outbreak, and shall forthwith isolate 

 any animal or animals that has or have developed the disease from those 

 not affected by removing the latter to a distant part of the premises, so 

 as to avoid the spread of the disease, and shall at once destroy by fire 

 any litter with which the infected animals have come in contact, and 

 cleanse and disinfect all places in which any swine on the premises have 

 been kept or had access to. All carcases of swine which may have died 

 shall be retained intact, until otherwise authorized by an Inspector of 

 Stock. 



4. No Swine to be Removed from Place where Disease de- 

 velops. — No swine shall be removed from any place where disease exists 

 •or has existed, or at which any deaths have occurred within 60 days, 

 without the authority of an inspector of stock. 



5. Inspector's Authority to permit Removal Limited. — No in- 

 spector shall in any case give his authority for the removal of any 

 infected swine from off the premises where swine fever has developed, 

 nor in the case of other swine on such premises, except to some other 

 portion of the same holding, until and unless such other swine have 

 been disinfected under the supervision or to the satisfaction of the in- 

 spector, and a period of 60 days has elapsed from the isolation of such 

 other swine from any infected swine, and from the sty or other place in 

 which any infected swine have been kept or liad access to. 



6. How Areas may be Declared " Clean." — No area shall be 

 deemed to be a " clean" area unless 



(i) All pigs and piggeries in such area have been systematic- 

 ally inspected by an inspector of stock or duly authorized 



