Scab Act 1891 Amendment Act 1893 (WA)

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ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO SEXTO

VICTORIA, REGINA,.

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No. XIII.

AN ACT to amend " The Scab Act, 1891."

[Assented to, isth January, 493.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parlia- with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and

Preamble.

THE words " in the absence of a quarantine boundary defined by an Inspector in his declaration " occurring hi the inter-	Repeal of part of
interpretation of
pretation of the term " Run " in the third section of " The Scab Act, 1891," hereinafter called the Principal Act, are hereby repealed.

1.

2.

NOTWITHSTANDING anything in the Principal Act, from and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any	introduced into anyNo sheep to be
person to introduce by land or sea any sheep from an infected	district North of Vic-
district, or which or any one or more of which shall have been	toria Scab Districtfrom or through an
within the boundaries of an infected district within the then last	infected district.
preceding six months, into any district situate to the North of the Central Scab District ; and every person offending against this

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provision shall be liable to the like penalties as provided by section

forty-four of the Principal Act for the offence therein mentioned.

3.     AFTER the first day of March, 1893, all sheep before

Sheep before passing

out of an infected	passing out of an infected district into any clean district shall be
into a clean district	legibly branded by the owner with the letter V at least three
to be branded with
the letter V.	inches in length, and shall be kept so branded by him and every other owner for the space of six calendar months from the time such sheep leave the said infected district. And every owner neglecting the provisions of this section shall be.deemed guilty of an offence.

Incorporation and 4. THIS Act shall be read with the Principal Act as one Act,

short title. and may be cited as " The Scab Act, 1891, Amendment Act, 1893."

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

W. C. E ROBINSON, Governor.

By Authority: RICHARD FATHER, Government Printer, Perth.