In this Schedule, any word or phrase to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning, unless the context otherwise indicates—

“adequate vaccination history”

means animals that had a primary vaccination followed by a booster vaccination/s within the manufacturer-prescribed period (generally at six months);

“authorised veterinarian”

means a state veterinarian or a private veterinarian authorised by the National Director of Animal Health;

“controlled disease”

means the diseases as specified in column 1 of Table 2 of the Regulations and as described in column 2 of Table 2 of the Regulations opposite thereto;

“Day”

means a calendar day.

Whenever a time period must be calculated in days under this contingency plan, a time period shall be calculated as inclusive of the first day and exclusive of the last day.

When the contingency plan requires an act to be performed after a specified period of days, and that day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the act is deemed to have taken place on the day as calculated irrespective of whether it was performed following the Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

“DoA”

Department of Agriculture;

“epidemiological unit”

a group of animals separated to prevent no nose-to-nose contact;

“FMD” or “Foot and Mouth Disease”

means the disease as specified in column 1 of Table 2 of the Animal Diseases Regulations GNR.2026 of 26 September 1986;

“FMDV” or “Foot and Mouth Disease Virus”

means the RNA virus that causes Foot and Mouth Disease;

“quarantine”

isolation and restriction of movement of susceptible animals, animal products, vehicles, equipment, or other potentially contaminated materials that may have been exposed to FMDV, for a prescribed period and under specified conditions, to prevent the introduction or spread of disease and to allow for observation, testing, or other disease control measures.

“responsible person”

means the manager or owner of land or an owner of animals;

“surveillance area”

geographically defined area surrounding or associated with an infected area within which enhanced disease surveillance, monitoring, tracing, and movement controls are applied.

“the Act”

means the Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No.35 of 1984);

“the Regulations”

means the Animal Diseases Regulations as published by Government Notice No.R.2026 of 26 September 1986, as amended by Government Notices Nos.R.2208 of 24 October 1986, R.266 of 13 February 1987, R.2343 of 16 October 1987, R.884 of 5 May 1988 (as corrected by Government Notice No.R.1043 of 3 June 1988), R.394 of 1 March 1991 (as corrected by Government Notice No.R.931 of 3 May 1991), R.2358 of 10 December 1993, R.1023 of 27 May 1994, R.254 of 6 February 1997, R.1136 of 11 September 1998, R.361 of 7 April 2000, R.443 of 25 May 2001, R.885 of 21 September 2001 (as corrected by Government Notice No.R.1386 of 21 December 2001), R.162 of 24 February 2006, R.163 of 24 February 2006, R.864 of 1 September 2006 (as corrected by Government Notice No.R.1059 of 27 October 2006), R.204 of 16 March 2007, R.371 of 26 April 2007, R.543 of 6 July 2007, R.527 of 15 May 2009, R.558 of 22 May 2009, R.1059 of 13 November 2009, R.564 of 23 June 2010, R865 of 7 November 2014, R2318 of 29 July 2022;

“vaccination history”

vaccination of livestock must be captured on a digital platform which includes the date, product, batch number and expiry date of the vaccine. Documented proof of vaccination can only be issued based on electronically captured data.

“verbally”

includes telephonic communication or digital communication platform/s.

“WOAH”

is the World Organisation for Animal Health