Hong Kong Regulations

RABIES REGULATION - SCHEDULE 2

PROVISIONS THAT MAY BE APPLIED IN RABIES CONTROL AREAS

[sections 29 & 35]

Confinement

1. The keeper of an animal shall confine the animal on or in the land or
premises on which it is usually kept or permitted to remain, where it cannot
come into contact with any other animal not usually kept or permitted to
remain on or in that land or those premises.

2. Notwithstanding section 1, the Director may by notice in writing permit the
keeper of an animal to exercise that animal outside the land or premises on or
in which it is required to be confined if-

   (a)  it is held on a leash; and

   (b)  it is not permitted or allowed to come into contact with any other
        animal not usually kept or permitted to remain on or in that land or
        those premises.

3. Notwithstanding section 1, the Director may by notice in writing permit the
keeper of an animal to move that animal to land or premises within the rabies
control area, other than the land or premises on or in which it is required to
be confined, if-

   (a)  while it is being moved it is held on a leash or is carried in a
        suitable container so that it cannot come into contact with any other
        animal not usually kept or permit to remain on or in the land or
        premises on or in which it is required to be confined; and

   (b)  it is not permitted or allowed to come into contact, on or in the land
        or premises to which it is moved, with any other animal not usually
        kept or permitted to remain on or in of the land or premises on or in
        which it is required to be confined, except with the permission in
        writing of an authorized officer.

4. An authorized officer may give directions in writing to the keeper of an
animal required to be confined under section 1, imposing such requirements and
prescribing such conditions with respect to the confinement of the animal as
he considers appropriate, and the keeper shall take all necessary steps to
comply with such directions.

Seizure and destruction

5. An authorized officer or police officer may seize and destroy any animal in
respect of which any of the provisions of this Schedule have been contravened.

6. The owner or occupier of any land or premises on or in which there is any
animal in respect of which any of the provisions of this Schedule have been
contravened, shall give all reasonable assistance to an authorized officer to
enable him to seize or destroy such animal.

Vaccination

7. Where the keeper of an animal fails-

   (a)  to have the animal vaccinated against rabies; or

   (b)  to ensure that the animal wears or carries a specified tag or device
        as evidence of its vaccination, as required by this Regulation, an
        authorized officer may-

        (i)    vaccinate the animal against rabies and identify it as having
               been so vaccinated in any manner authorized by section 27(1) of
               this Regulation; or

        (ii)   seize and detain or destroy or otherwise dispose of the animal
               as he considers appropriate.

Gatherings of animals

8. No show, exhibition, competition, sale or other gathering of animals shall
be held in the rabies control area.

Births and deaths

9. The birth and death of every animal in the rabies control area shall be
reported to an authorized officer or police officer without delay by the
keeper of the animal or the owner or occupier of the land or premises on which
the animal was born or died.

Expenses

10. The expenses of seizing or destroying any animal under section  5 or of
vaccinating and identifying or seizing, detaining, destroying or otherwise
disposing of an animal under section 7 may be recovered by the Government from
the keeper of the animal, as a civil debt in any court of competent
jurisdiction. (Enacted 1994)