Keeping of Animals Act. Pays/Territoire Jamaïque Type du document Législation Date 1979 (1980) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Bétail Mot clé Production animale Pâturage Infractions/sanctions Aire géographique Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Petits états insulaires en développement Résumé This Act grants power to the Minister to (a) prohibit the keeping of any animal specified in an Order (“prohibited animal”) within any area specified in an Order (“prohibited area”); (b) restrict or control the keeping of any animal (“prescribed animal”) within any area specified in an Order (“restricted area”) so as to ensure that such animal is not kept otherwise than under the authority of a licence issued by a Competent Authority pursuant to this Act for the purpose. Any person who keeps an animal in contravention of any Order made under this Act shall be guilty of an offence. The Competent Authority may issue a licence if it is satisfied that no health hazard or nuisance will arise from the use of a place for the purpose of keeping such animals, and attach such conditions or limitations as the Competent Authority may consider desirable. The Act further provides for measures of enforcement and appeals against decisions of the Competent Authority. Texte intégral Anglais Références - Législation Implementé par Keeping of Animals (Restricted and Prohibited Area) (Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation) Order. Législation | Jamaïque | 1981 (1983) Mot clé: Production animale, Pâturage, Infractions/sanctions Source: FAO, FAOLEX