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Offences 



12. (i) If a horse, or carcase of a horse or other thing is 

 moved in contravention of this Order, or of any Regulation made 

 under this Order, or of a Notice given under this Order, the owner 

 of the horse, carcase, or thing, and the person for the time being in 

 charge thereof, and the person causing, directing, or permitting the 

 movement, and the consignee or other person receiving or keeping 

 it i^nowing it to have been moved in contravention as aforesaid, and 

 the occupier of the place from which the horse, carcase, or thing is 

 moved, shall, each according to and in respect of his own acts and 

 defaults, be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894. 



(2) If anything is omitted to be done as regards cleansing or 

 disinfection in contravention of this Order, the owner and the lessee 

 and the occupier and the person in charge of any place or thing in 

 or in respect of which the same is omitted, shall, each according to 

 and in respect of his own acts and defaults, be deemed guilty of an 

 offence against the Act of 1894. 



Extension of certain Sections of Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 



13. Horses shall be animals, and epizootic lymphangitis shall 

 be a disease, for the purposes of the following sections of the Act of 

 1894 (namely) : 



Section forty-three (powers of police) ; 



Section forty-four (powers of inspectors) ; 

 and also for the purposes of all other sections of the said Act 

 containing provisions relative to or consequent on the provisions of 

 those sections and this Order, including such sections as relate to 

 offences or procedure. 



Interpretatioyi 



14. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires. — 

 'The Board' means the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries: 



' The Act of 1894' means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 : 



' Inspector' includes Veterinary Inspector : 



' Carcase ' includes part of a carcase. 



Other terms have the same meaning as in the Act of 1 894. 



Extent 

 15. This Order extends to England, Wales, and Scotland. 



