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Registers of attested or disease-free herds and flocks.
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24.—(1) The Minister may for any Class B disease set up and maintain a register of herds or flocks of any particular species of animals or poultry.
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(2) Herds or flocks registered in a register shall be known as attested or disease-free herds or flocks or by such other description as the Minister may prescribe.
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(3) A person shall not—
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(a) hold out a herd or flock as being an attested or disease-free herd or flock or as coming within a prescribed description unless it is either entered in the appropriate register or is a disease-free herd or flock situate in an attested or disease-free area, or
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(b) hold out any animal or bird as being of an attested or disease-free herd or flock or as coming within a prescribed description unless it is either of a herd or flock entered in the appropriate register or is of a disease-free herd or flock situated in an attested or disease-free area.
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(4) A person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence.
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(5) The Minister may make orders in relation to a register, including in particular provision for—
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(a) the title of the register,
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(b) application for registration,
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(c) qualifications and conditions for registration,
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(d) requirements to be complied with for retention of registration,
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(e) cancellation of registration,
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(f) custody of the register and evidence of the contents thereof.
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Testing, Marking, Etc.
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