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Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)

Regulations

15. Keeping and care of animals at centres

 

(1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2)—
(a) only animals that are approved for the collection of genetic material may be admitted to or kept in a centre other than in the quarantine area thereof; and
(b) en animal shall be removed from a centre within 14 days of the date of a written notice by the registrar that—
(i) an application in terms of regulation 9(1) for the renewal of the approval of such animal has been refused;
(ii) the approval of such animal has been withdrawn in terms of section 10(1) of the Act; or
(iii) the registrar has withdrawn an approval granted in terms of subregulation (2).

 

(2) The registrar may on application approve in writing that an animal other than one referred to in subregulation(1)(a), may be kept at a centre for the purpose specified in such approval.

 

(3) An application referred to in subregulation (2) shall—
(a) be submitted to the registrar on a farm that is obtainable from the office of the registrar for that purpose; and
(b) be accompanied by—
(i) the application fee specified in item 11 of Table 1 in the Annexure; and
(ii) a certificate issued by a veterinarian who is an officer, setting out the general state of health of the animal concerned and confirming that the animal is free of any disease.