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Quarantine Act.

Pays/Territoire
Vanuatu
Type du document
Législation
Date
1909 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu, Consolidated Edition of 2006.
Titre complet
An Act to prevent the introduction of communicable disease into Vanuatu and to make provision for the enforcement of quarantine in Vanuatu.
Sujet
Bétail
Mot clé
Santé des animaux Quarantaine Inspection Commerce international
Aire géographique
Asie et Pacifique, Pays les moins avances, Mélanésie, Océanie, Petits états insulaires en développement, Pacifique Sud
Résumé

This Act makes in part provision for measures for the prevention of introduction in Vanuatu of communicable diseases affecting animals. Section 2 and following concern a bill of health which shall declare the sanitary condition of ports of origin and other conditions for vessels to approach and enter ports of Vanuatu. Quarantine at sea of vessels or land quarantine may be applied in specified circumstances on order of the health officer. The health officer shall not permit the landing of any cattle from a vessel unless the bill of health of such vessel shows that no epizootic disease exists in the neighbourhood of the place of origin of such cattle, and such place of origin shall be attested by a certificate of origin. In the event of the outbreak of disease of an epidemic nature in any island of Vanuatu the Minister shall on the advice of the Director of Health declare such island to be in quarantine and such quarantine shall continue until the island is declared free from disease.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.paclii.org

Références - Législation

Amendé par

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2010 (No. 2 of 2010).

Législation | Vanuatu | 2010

Mot clé: Développement agricole, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX