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Scab Prevention Ordinance 1858

10. The Scab Prevention Ordinance.

Whereas it is desirable to make further provision than now exists against the introduction of the Scab into the Province of Canterbury:

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province, bvv and with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:

1. Sheep to be dipped before being introduced by land.

If any person shall himself, or by means of any agent introduce or cause to be introduced into the Province of Canterbury by land any sheep, unless they shall, within a period of not less than three nor more than fourteen days previous to such introduction, have been effectually dressed, to the satisfaction of an Inspector of Sheep appointed under the provisions of the "Sheep Ordinance, Session X., No. 9," with some reputed effective scab-destroying preparation, and unless such person shall have received from such Inspector a Certificate to that effect, he shall be subject to a penalty of not less than Twenty nor more than One Hundred Pounds, to be recovered in a summary way.

2. Interpretation.

This Ordinance shall be interpreted in the same manner as the "Sheep

Ordinance, Session X., No. 9."

3. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as “The Scab Prevention

Ordinance, Session X., No. 10.

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 1st December 1858, and reserved for the Governor’s assent. Governor Gore Browne assented to it on 25th January 1859.