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SCHEDULE
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Section 6.
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Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal Act
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The Principal Act is amended as follows:
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1. In section 14—
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(a) in subsections (1)(a), (2) and (3), after “infected” by the insertion of “or at risk of being infected”,
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(b) in subsection (4), after “place or area” by the insertion of “or an area or place at risk of being infected” in both places where it occurs, and
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(c) in subsection (5), by the substitution for “conclusive evidence” of “be evidence, until the contrary is shown”.
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2. In section 15—
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(a) in paragraph (a), after “infected” by the insertion of “or at risk of being infected”, and
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(b) in paragraphs (b) to (g), after “place or area” by the insertion of “or a place or area suspected of being at risk of being infected” in each place where it occurs.
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3. In section 16 after “place or area” by the insertion of “or a place or area suspected of being infected”.
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4. In section 17—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion after paragraph (b) of the following:—
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“(c) any animals or poultry within an area which in the opinion of the Minister sufficiently defines an area where a risk of infection exists.”,
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(b) in subsection (2), by the insertion after “Minister” of “under this section”, and
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(c) in subsection (3), by the substitution for “Act at the discretion of the Minister” of “section”.
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5. In section 18, by the substitution for “under this Act at the direction of the Minister” of “section 17” in each place where it occurs.
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6. In section 26, by the insertion after “suspected animals or poultry” of “or animals or poultry at risk” in each place where it occurs.
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7. In section 28, by the insertion after “For the purposes of preventing the” of “outbreak or”.
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8. In section 42(6), by the substitution for “conclusive evidence” of “evidence, until the contrary is shown,”.
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9. In section 49(1)—
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(a) in paragraphs (a) and (h), by the deletion of “, with intent to evade this Act or an order of the Minister or a regulation of a local authority”,
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(b) in paragraph (b), by the deletion of “, with the like intent”, and
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(c) in paragraph (c), by the deletion of “untruly”.
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10. In section 52—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution for “the owner or person in charge of an animal or bird” of “a person”, and
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(b) by the deletion of subsection (3).
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11. In the Second Schedule—
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(a) in paragraph 1, by the insertion after “infecting animals or poultry” of “or animals or poultry capable of being infected”,
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(b) in paragraph 14, by the insertion after “animals or birds” of “or animals or birds at risk of contracting a disease”, and
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(c) in paragraph 15, by the insertion after “preventing” of “an outbreak”.
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