Health of Animals Act

Marginal note:Prohibition — infected place

• 25 (1) No person shall, without a licence issued by an inspector or officer, remove from or take into an infected place any animal or thing.

• Marginal note:Return

  (2) Where an inspector or officer believes on reasonable grounds that any animal or thing has been removed from or taken into an infected place in contravention of subsection (1), the inspector or officer may, whether or not the animal or thing is seized,

  • (a) return it to or remove it from the infected place, or move it to any other place; or

  • (b) require its owner or the person having the possession, care or control of it to return it to or remove it from the infected place, or move it to any other place.

• Marginal note:Notice

  (3) A requirement under paragraph (2)(b) shall be communicated by personal delivery of a notice to the owner or person having the possession, care or control of the animal or thing or by sending the notice to the owner or person, and the notice may specify the period within which and the manner in which the animal or thing is to be returned or removed.