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The imported animals must not have been in contact while on board with 

 any animal exported or carried coastwise from any country except the United 



(lorn, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man 



Animals when landed are detained in the landing place for twelve hours, 

 and at the end of that period are examined by an I.B.A. in daylight. If found 

 healthy they are to be passed out. If cattle plague or foot-and-mouth disease 

 is found to exist all the animals are to be detained and slaughtered. If any 

 other " contagious disease " exists animals of a similar kind are to be detained 

 and slaughtered, e.g., swine fever and pigs. 



ANIMALS (LANDING FROM IRELAND) CONSOLIDATION 

 AND AMENDMENT ORDER, 1914. 



Landing Regulations. Cattle, sheep, goats or swine brought from Ireland 

 may not be landed in Great Britain unless put on board at a port specified in 

 this Order, and they may only be landed at certain specified landing places. 



Examination of Animals. Landed animals are to be isolated and detained 

 until the whole have been examined by a V.I.B.A. 



They may not in any case be moved until the expiration of 10 hours after 

 the landing of the last animal. If an animal forming part of the cargo dies 

 or is slaughtered before its examination, the carcase may not be removed from 

 the landing place without the permission of a V.I.B.A. 



Movement of Store Sheep. Sheep may not be moved from a landing place 

 until they have been dipped there, unless such sheep are intended and declared to 

 l>e for immediate slaughter. 



Procedure in Cases of Disease or Calving. If a V.I.B.A. is of the opinion 

 that an animal in a landing place is affected with or suspected of Cattle Plague 

 (Rinderpest), Pleuro-Pneumonia, Foot-and-Mouth Disease or Sheep Pox, he 

 shall direct the landing place to be closed. In which case animals may not 

 be landed at, or moved into or out of, the landing place except under licence. 

 Carcases may not be moved without permission. Fodder, dung, hurdles, &c, 

 may not be moved without permission, and before removal must be disinfected. 

 If the disease is sheep-pox, these rules apply to sheep and carcases of sheep 

 only. Persons leaving any such place must wash their hands with soap and 

 water and disinfect their boots and clothes. 



A person tending a diseased or suspected animal may not without permission 

 tend any animal not diseased. 



Procedure in Case of Sheep-Scab. Provision is made in the case of sheep- 

 scab being found to exist for the detention and dipping and subsequent move- 

 ments of diseased and contact sheep, so that the risk of importing sheep-scab 

 into Great Britain is lessened. 



Calving Cows. A cow which has calved during the voyage from Ireland or 

 in a landing place may not be moved from the landing place until permission 

 is granted from an I.B.A. Movement is not permitted until the expiry of 

 24 hours from the time of calving. 



Food and Water. Animals landed under this Order must be supplied with 

 food and water by the occupier of the landing place until they are taken over 

 by the owners or consignees. 



Injured Animals. If a V.I.B.A. is of the opinion that an animal in a 

 landing place is mortally injured, or so severely injured or so diseased or in 

 such physical condition that it is cruel to keep it alive, he may cause it to be 

 slaughtered. 



FOREIGN ANIMALS (QUARANTINE) ORDER, 1896. 



Importation of disease into Great Britain is prevented by the prohibition of 

 landing cattle, sheep, goats, and all other ruminating animals and swine from 

 such countries where " disease " exists ; by the prohibition of landing of these 

 animals from any country except for immediate slaughter, unless such animals 

 are imported so as to comply with the Quarantine Order. 



