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will be made by an Inspector of the Board as to the most 

 suitable period of the year for the enforcement of the provision 

 as to compulsory dipping, regard being had to the character of 

 the sheep farming in the locality affected. 



13. In order that the Local Authority may be made acquainted 

 with the number of sheep to be dealt with by them, provision is 

 made for returns by flockmasters of the number and description 

 of the sheep on each holding. Similar returns are to be furnished 

 in respect of any sheep brought into the dipping area during the 

 operation of the Order. The movement of sheep out of the area 

 is limited {a) to sheep, if accompanied by the necessary licence, 

 which have been thoroughly dipped with an efficient dip in the 

 presence of an Inspector of the Local Authority, and which since 

 they have been dipped have been kept from contact with other 

 sheep which have not been so dipped ; (J?) to sheep which have 

 been specially examined by a veterinary surgeon, and since 

 isolated ; and (c) to sheep which have been marked in the 

 prescribed manner, and which are to be removed direct to a 

 slaughter-house. Prior to the conclusion of the prescribed 

 dipping period, the exposure of sheep at a market or sale 

 within such area is restricted to sheep that have been recently 

 and effectually dipped. 



14. Every such Order will prescribe a period in each year 

 during which general dipping is to be carried out within the area 

 under the directions of the Local Authority or Local Authorities 

 concerned. The period so prescribed will be of short duration, 

 in order that arrangements may be made whereby all sheep 

 which have not been dipped, shall, so far as is practicable, 

 be kept from coming in contact with the sheep that have 

 already been dipped. The time, place, and manner of dipping 

 will be prescribed by the Local Authority. It will, therefore, 

 be within the power of the Local Authority to regulate the 

 dipping within a particular area in such a manner as will secure 

 its most effective performance, and with due regard to the 

 character of the sheep farming carried on therein and to other 

 local circumstances. 



15. It is thought that restrictions of this character will be 

 specially applicable to unfenced mountainous districts, where 

 the sheep of many owners graze on a common pasturage. It is 



