Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997
R 385
Animal Health Act, 2002 (Act No. 7 of 2002)11. Quarantine stations and quarantine camps |
| (1) | The national executive officer may— |
| (a) | establish at any place in the Republic a quarantine station for the accommodation of any imported animal or thing that is required or permitted in terms of this Act to be detained or isolated; and |
| (b) | declare any suitable place in the Republic other than a place referred to in paragraph (a), to be a quarantine camp for the accommodation of any animal that is required or permitted in terms of this Act to be detained or isolated. |
| (2) | A quarantine station or camp must be equipped and used for the purpose of the performance of controlled veterinary procedures in respect of any animal or thing referred to in subsection (1). |
| (3) | The national executive officer must, in the case of a quarantine station, appoint an officer as quarantine master to take charge of such quarantine station subject to the instructions of the national executive officer. |
| (4) | Any person who intends to import an animal that is required to be isolated in terms of a permit referred to in section 9, must apply to the applicable quarantine master to reserve accommodation for such animal at that quarantine station. |
| (5) | An applicant must, on receipt of the written confirmation of the reservation of accommodation for an animal referred to in subsection (4), immediately pay the applicable prescribed reservation fees to the quarantine master concerned. |
| (6) | The applicant must pay to the quarantine master the applicable prescribed accommodation fee upon accommodation of the animal in question in the quarantine station concerned. |
| (7) | Fees paid by any person in terms of subsection (5), must— |
| (a) | be utilised as part payment of fees payable in terms of subsection (6); |
| (b) | be refunded to the person who paid the fees, if— |
| (i) | such person has in writing cancelled the reservation and has returned, at least 30 days before the commencement of the period for which he or she has reserved accommodation, a permit issued to him or her for the importation of the animal or thing to the national executive officer; or |
| (ii) | the national executive officer withdraws the permit issued under section 9(1); or |
| (c) | otherwise be forfeited to the State. |
