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CONDITIONS OF LANDING OF FOREIGN ANIMALS SUBJECT TO QUARANTINE. 



Purposes for which Animals may be Landed. Foreign animals may be 

 landed at a Foreign Animals Quarantine Station to be denned by special Order 

 of the Board if intended for re-shipment to a foreign country, or for purposes 

 of exhibition, or for other exceptional purposes, provided that the proposed 

 landing has been in each case approved by the B. of A. on special application 

 being made. 



Animals intended for Re-shipment to a Foreign Country. The landing at a 

 F.A.Q.S. of a foreign animal intended for re-shipment to a foreign country is 

 subject to the following conditions : The animal must be accompanied by a 

 declaration of its owner declaring that it is intended for re-shipment to a foreign 

 country, and that to the best of his knowledge it is free from disease. The 

 animal shall not be moved alive out of the station except into a vessel for 

 exportation to a foreign country. 



Animals intended for Purposes of Exhibition, or for other Exceptional 

 Purposes (other than re-shipment). The landing at a F.A.Q.S. of a foreign 

 animal intended as above is subject to these conditions : The owner to declare 

 the purpose for which it is intended and that to the best of his knowledge it 

 is free from disease. It shall be detained in the station for such period as the 

 B. of A. may direct. When moved therefrom it shall be accompanied with a 

 certificate of health and a movement licence granted by the B. of A. 



Movement of Carcases. No carcase may be moved from a F.A.Q.S. except 

 with the permission of an I.B.A. If an I.B.A. is of opinion that a carcase may 

 introduce disease it may be disposed of as the B. of A. may think fit. 



The cleansing and disinfection of landing places, disposal of dung, fodder, 

 &c., and the disinfection of persons and their clothes are provided for in this 

 Order. 



FOREIGN ANIMALS ORDER, 1910 AND 1912. 

 ANIMALS NOT INTENDED TO BE LANDED AT A FOREIGN ANIMALS WHARF. 



Prohibition of bringing Cattle, Sheep, Goats or Su'ine from a Scheduled 

 Country into a Port in Great Britain. Except under licence granted by the 

 B. of A., and subject to the conditions thereby imposed, any cattle, sheep, goats 

 or swine brought from a scheduled country may not be brought into any port 

 in Great Britain. Vessels putting into port under stress of weather, &c., or for 

 any purpose other than the delivery or shipment of cargo, excepted. 



Article (1) of the 1912 Amendment Order includes a foreign animal brought 

 from a port in a country which is not a scheduled country, if the animal since 

 it was taken on board at that port has entered a port in a scheduled country. 



Conditions Applicable to Vessels while in Port. In the case of any cattle, 

 sheep, goats or swine brought into a port in Great Britain from a port in a 

 scheduled country, or any animal brought from a foreign country where the 

 vessel has entered a port in a scheduled country since shipping the animals, the 

 following conditions shall apply while the vessel is in port: The animals may 

 not be moved from the vessel unless under licence from the B. of A., and then 

 only in accordance with the D.A.A. 1894-1909 and this Order. Except where 

 the licence otherwise provides, animals may not be removed until examined by a 

 V.S. appointed by the B. of A. Provision is made for the cleansing and disin- 

 fection of persons and things. While the vessel is in port all dung, litter, &c., 

 shall at intervals of not less than 24 hours be mixed with quicklime and disposed 

 of as an I.B.A. may direct. 



Article 4 prohibits the landing of animals from certain places and Article 5 

 prohibits the landing of swine from the United States of America. 



Prohibition of Landing of Carcases, &c. It is not lawful to land in Great 

 Britain a carcase of an animal that has died or been slaughtered on board, if 

 from a scheduled country, or dung, broken fodder, litter, or fittings, pens, 

 hurdles, &c., until these have been cleansed and disinfected, and permission 

 granted by an I.B.A. 



