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The Animal Diseases (Control of Pig Diseases) Rules
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
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1.These Rules may be cited as the Animal Diseases (Control of Pig Diseases) Rules.2.In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—"pig producer" means a person who has been issued with a licence to keep pigs under these Rules;"premises" means any building, paddock or passages in which pigs are kept.3.Deleted by L.N. 78/2006, r. 4.4.Deleted by L.N. 78/2006, r. 5.5.Every pig producer shall, on or before the 30th April each year, make application to the Director, in Form 1 in the First Schedule, for renewal of his licence, and such licence shall be renewed on receipt of the fee of five shillings, for a period of a year from the 1st July to 30th. June next, except that such a renewal may be refused in the same manner and for the same reasons that a licence may be revoked under rule 9.6.Every pig producer shall stack all litter for at least one month before it is used.7.(1) Every pig kept by a pig producer shall, whenever kept in a building, be confined in a pig-proof building and whenever not in a building shall be confined in a pig-proof paddock.(2)Where such a pig is usually housed in a building, it shall be confined, when not in a building, in a pig-proof paddock, which shall be either within one hundred yards of the building or connected with it by a pig-proof passage.8.A building, paddock or passage shall, for the purpose of these Rules, be pig-proof only if it is constructed in accordance with the specifications contained in the Second Schedule or higher specifications, and is in sound condition and a good state of repair.9.(1) A pig producer whose premises are not pig-proof, or whose pigs are not kept in accordance with these Rules, shall be served with a warning, in writing sent by registered post, by an inspector, to the effect that his licence may be withdrawn; such warning shall include details, if any, of any infringements of these Rules by such pig producer.(2)If, after two weeks have elapsed since receipt of such a warning by a pig producer, the recipient does not make such alterations or repairs as are considered necessary by an inspector, or continues to keep pigs other than in accordance with these Rules, the licence of such person may be revoked by the Director, by notice in writing.10.Any person who keeps pigs without a licence, or who continues to keep pigs after his licence has been revoked by the Director in accordance with rule 7, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.11.Notwithstanding the revocation of the Pig Industry (Licence) Rules, licences issued under those Rules shall be deemed to be licences issued under these Rules and shall remain in force until 30th June 1967 and shall then expire.