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Animals (International Movement and Disease) Act 1986 (No. 34 of 1986).

Country/Territory
Antigua and Barbuda
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986 (1992)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws or Acts of Parliament By Volume Revised Edition 1992.
Long title
An Act to control the importation into Antigua and Barbuda and to regulate the movement from Antigua and Barbuda of animals, birds, fish, insects and reptiles and of animal carcasses, parts and meat, veterinary biological products, litter and fodder, for the purposes of preventing the introduction of disease into Antigua and Barbuda and into other member States of the Caribbean Community and of providing for the safe and humane movement of animals from Antigua and Barbuda and for other matters related thereto or connected therewith.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries
Keyword
International trade Authorization/permit Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat Food quality control/food safety Quarantine Animal by-products Disinfection/disinfestation Inspection Pests/diseases Cattle Sheep/goats Swine Drugs Animal health
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

The Act consists of 22 sections placed under the following headings: Preliminary (sect. 2); Administration (sects. 3 and 4); Regulation of importation of animals (including live fish), animal carcasses and other things (sects. 5-10); Regulation of movement of animals (sect. 11); Animal quarantine (sects. 12-14); Powers of search and arrest (sects. 15-17); Miscellaneous (sects. 18-22).

Full text
English
Website
www.laws.gov.ag

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Animals (International Movement and Disease) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 19 of 1993).

Legislation | Antigua and Barbuda | 1993

Keyword: Quarantine, Animal by-products, Disinfection/disinfestation, Inspection, International trade, Pests/diseases, Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Animal health, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX