THE ANIMAL HEALTH ACT, 2010 - National Assembly

1 THE ANIMAL HEALTH ACT, 2010 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONSS ectionPA RT RT I IADMINISTRATION of Director and other staff of Department of officer of veterinary officers to carry out test , seizure and destruction of veterinary inspectors of veterinary officer, veterinary inspector orofficer 11. IndemnityPART IIIMEASURES FOR CONTROLLING AND PREVENTING ANIMAL to control introduction and spread of of infected of land to provide handling and other to provide livestock structures16. Restriction of movement17. Notification of officer of suspected disease18. Isolation and separation of diseased of entry into farm, ranch, to order Assembly of animals for inspection, and traceability of animalsAnimal HEALTH [No. 27 of 2010 385 Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer, Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka.]

2 Price K23,000 of disease control of quarantine area24. Designation of ANIMAL quarantine stations25. Lifting of quarantine26. Permit to manufacture or sell virus, vaccine, Import of ANIMAL , ANIMAL product, ANIMAL by-product orarticle28. Importation for scientific, educational or research purposes29. Export of animals, ANIMAL products, ANIMAL by-products andarticles30. Approval of powers for eradication of diseasesPA RT I VTRANSPORTATION OF of transporter of animals in transit33. Transportation of of animals to maintain recordsPA RT VLIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER AND CLEASING35. Prohibition of slaughter of certain to slaughter livestock37. Permit for of in respect of livestock of livestock cleansing area41. Obligation of owner of livestock cleansing area42. Exemption to cleanse livestock43. Powers of officer in livestock cleansing area44.

3 Owner of land to provide cleansing facilities45. Provision of tick control facilities46. Government to provide dipping tanks or spraying destroying agent to conform to prescribed standard386No. 27 of 2010 ] ANIMAL HealthAnimal HEALTH [No. 27 of 2010 387PA RT V ITSETSE CONTROL48. of tsetse fly of Minister in respect of private on tsetse fly controlPART VIIGENERAL PROVISIONS ON CONTROL OF ANIMAL border post and internal for disease of disease free of use of pesticides, etc. on animals without on bee and control of fish diseases58. Prohibition of herding or grazing near public roadPART VIIIANIMAL on importation, manufacture or sale of ANIMAL on importation, manufacture, etc. of ANIMAL feed containing certain for rendering provisions for ANIMAL feedPA RT I XTHE ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL of ANIMAL disease Disease Control and of ANIMAL Disease Control Interdisciplinary to CommitteePA RT power with respect to for to be withheld in certain circumstancesPA RT X IGENERAL PROVISIONS72.

4 Of disclosure of information to unauthorised without provisions on of seized animals, of permit on of Cap. 252388No. 27 of 2010 ] ANIMAL HealthAnimal HEALTH [No. 27 of 2010 389An Act to provide for the appointment of the Directorresponsible for veterinary services and other staff anddefine their powers and functions; provide for theprevention and control of ANIMAL diseases; provide for thequarantine of animals; regulate the importation andexportation of animals, ANIMAL products, ANIMAL by-products, articles and ANIMAL feed; establish the AnimalDisease Control Fund; repeal and replace the StockDiseases Act, 1961; and provide for matters connectedwith, or incidental to, the foregoing.[16th August, 2010 ENACTED by the Parliament of RT IPRELIMINARY1. This Act may be cited as the ANIMAL HEALTH Act, In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires ANIMAL means any vertebrate, other than a human being,which is a member of the Phylum Chordata and includes abee, butterfly and other insect used in the production ofanimal products, including the carcass of such animals;and ANIMAL by-product means any part or entire body of ananimal or products of ANIMAL origin that are not intended tobe eaten by human beings;Short titleInterpretationEnactmentGOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIAACTNo.]

5 27 of 2010 Date of Assent:14th August, 2010390 No. 27 of 2010 ] ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMAL feed means (a) any (i) substance obtained by a process of crushing,gristing or grinding or by the addition to anysubstance or removal therefrom of anyingredient;(ii) condimental foodstuff or mineral substancewhich possesses, or is alleged to possess,nutritive properties; or(iii) substance of ANIMAL origin;which is intended or offered for the feeding ofanimals; or(b) any stock lick or substance which can be and isused as a stock lick, whether or not it possessesmedicinal properties;but does not include straw, chaff, hay, silage, cerealin the grain or any substance which has beencrushed, gristed or ground for a farmer inaccordance with the farmer s directions for ownuse, unless such substance has been declared bythe Minister, by notice in the Gazette, to be animalfeed for the purposes of this Act.

6 ANIMAL product means any meat, meat product or productof ANIMAL origin for human consumption, for use in animalfeeding or for pharmaceutical or agricultural use, andincludes an embryo, ova, semen, blood, bone or bone meal,hide, skin, horn, fat, honey, unprocessed wool and feathers; ANIMAL quarantine station means a place where any ANIMAL , ANIMAL product, ANIMAL by-product or article may be keptfor observation, research, inspection, testing, treatment,detention or destruction for the purposes of disease controland prevention; article includes gear, harness, seed, grass, forage, hay,straw, manure or any other thing likely to act as a carrierof any disease; border inspection post means a veterinary inspectionpost near or at the border or the point of entry designatedby the Minister, by statutory instrument; carcass means the carcass of an ANIMAL , and includespart of a carcass, and the meat, bone, hide, skin, feather,hoof, horn, offal, fur, wool, teeth or any other part of ananimal; ANIMAL HEALTH [No.]

7 27 of 2010 391 cattle means bulls, cows, heifers, calves, steers and oxen; Chairperson means a person appointed as such undersection sixty-seven; check point means a point where any ANIMAL , animalproduct, ANIMAL by-product or article may be inspectedfor purposes of disease control and prevention; cleanse in relation to Part V, means the maintaining oflivestock free from tick infestation by using an effectivetick destroying agent in such manner as the Director maydirect; Committee means the ANIMAL Disease ControlInterdisciplinary Committee constituted under section sixty-seven; controlled veterinary action in relation to an ANIMAL , means(a) the isolation, detention, inspection, testing,immunisation, observation, sampling, marking,treatment, care, destruction or disposal thereof;and(b) the carrying out of any post mortem examination onany ANIMAL ; conveyance means an aircraft, ship, vessel, train, vehicle,carriage, cart or other conveyance of whatever kind,including the fittings and equipment of the conveyance and,in the case of animals, the harness and tackle thereof; Department means the Department responsible forVeterinary Services; dipping means the complete immersion of cattle in a dippingtank containing an effective tick destroying agent; dipping tank means any apparatus for the cleaning ofanimals by submerging or any other structure used for thatpurpose as the Director may approve; Director means the Director responsible for veterinaryservices, and includes the Deputy Director responsible forveterinary services.

8 Disease means the pathological condition of a part, organor system of an ANIMAL resulting from various causes suchas infection, genetic defect or environment; disease control zone means an area declared by theDirector as a disease control zone where controlledveterinary actions are instituted to prevent the entry,392 No. 27 of 2010 ] ANIMAL Healthoccurrence or spread of a causative agent, and includes adisease free zone, a buffer zone, a disease freecompartment, a protective zone, a surveillance zone andan infected zone; disease free zone means an area established for themaintenance of disease free status of a sub population ofanimals with a distinct HEALTH status, from specified diseaseor diseases, separated by natural or artificial boundaries; disease free compartment means an area smaller than azone with a clearly defined management practice andbiosecurity plan and can be recognised as such within aninfected zone; effective tick destroying agent means a drug or chemicalregistered as an acaricide under the Pharmaceutical Act,2004, or as the Minister may prescribe.

9 Emerging disease means a new infection resulting fromthe evolution or change of an existing pathogenic agent, aknown infection spreading to a new geographic area orpopulation or a previously unrecognised pathogenic agentdiagnosed for the first time and which has a significantimpact on ANIMAL or public HEALTH ; Fund means the ANIMAL Diseases Control Fund establishedunder section sixty-four; immature cattle means cattle, male or female, under theage of eighteen months or not having four permanent incisorteeth yet erupted; infected area means an area declared as such under sectionthirteen; livestock means any breed or population of ANIMAL kept bya human being for a useful or commercial purpose, andincludes domestic animals, semi-domestic animals andcaptive wild animals; livestock cleansing area means an area declared as suchunder section forty; notifiable disease means an ANIMAL disease or other diseasewhich fulfils one or more of the following conditions andwhich the Minister may, by statutory instrument, declare:(a) is not indigenous or native to Zambia;(b) spreads rapidly with serious socio economicconsequences;Act No.

10 14of 2004 ANIMAL HEALTH [No. 27 of 2010 393(c) is of major importance in the international trade ofanimals or ANIMAL products;(d) is common to human beings and animals; or(e) for which any general or particular control measureshave been prescribed; officer means a veterinary officer, livestock officer,veterinary assistant or ANIMAL scientist employed by theGovernment; outbreak of disease means an occurrence of one of thenotifiable diseases or any other disease which the Ministermay, by statutory instrument, declare in (a) any agricultural or breeding establishment, premisesor building and all the adjoining premises whereanimals are present; or(b) any area where animals are communally grazed asspecified by the Director; owner (a) in relation to an ANIMAL , includes the person for thetime being having the management, custody orcontrol of such ANIMAL .]