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veterinary surgeon, and declared by him to be free from 

 disease, and 



(2) Unless every pig owner or his agent signs a declaration to 

 the effect that no disease has existed on his premises for a 

 period of not less than 3 months immediately preceding 

 the date of inspection. If any owner or agent refuses to 

 sign such declaration the premises of such owner shall be 

 forthwith quarantined. 



7. Sale of Store Pigs in a "Clean" Area. — No sale of store pigs 

 can be held at a pviblic sale yards in a " clean" area, unless such pigs are 

 sold in a vehicle from which they may be removed to another vehicle 

 without being put in pens. 



8. Interpretation. — In this Order, " Order" shall mean Order in 

 Council; "inspector" shall mean inspector of stock, "licence" or 

 " authority" shall mean the licence to move swine granted by inspector 

 of stock or authorized veterinary surgeon to allow of swine being moved 

 within an area declared for the time being to be a swine fever infected 

 area ; " authorized veterinary surgeon" shall mean a veterinary surgeon 

 under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1890, authorized in writing, by the 

 Minister, either generally or in any particular case to exercise the parti- 

 cular authority conferred on an authorized veterinary surgeon by these 

 regulations ; " Minister" shall mean the Minister for the time being ad- 

 ministering the Stock Diseases Act 1890 ; " infected area" shall mean any 

 lands or premises which the Governor in Council may from time to 

 time proclaim a quarantine district for pigs. 



9. Slaughtering of Pigs in " Clean" Area. — Pigs may be 

 slaughtered in any " clean" area, either for market or home use, pro- 

 vided that the owner or his agent gives at least 48 hours' notice in 

 writing to the nearest inspector of stock, such notice to set forth the 

 date on which such slaughter is to take place, the number of pigs to be 

 slaughtered, and the intention regarding the disposal of the carcases. 



Part II. 



10. Restriction on Movkment of Swine from an Infected 

 Area into a "Clean" Area. — Swine shall not be moved along, over, or 

 across a highway or thoroughfare in an infected area, whether in a 

 vehicle or not, except as expressly authorized by this Order. 



11. How Swine may be Removed from Premises. — The owner 

 of any swine within an infected area shall not remove or permit their 

 removal from the premises on which they are kept without the permis- 

 sion, in writing, in the form or to the effect of the form in Schedule A 

 hereto, of an inspector of stock or of an authorized veterinary surgeon 

 authorized by the Minister of Agriculture to give permission under these 

 regulations, and no inspector of stock or authorised veterinary surgeon 

 shall grant such permit unless and until he shall have personally in- 

 spected such swine, or unless and until he shall have received from the 

 owner thereof a declaration in the form of Schedule C, accompanied by 

 a certificate from a duly authorized veterinary surgeon in the form or to 

 the effect of the form in Schedule D hereto, and further in the case of 



