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Quarantine of Animals

Animals (Importation) Control Regulations, reg. 6 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to the provisions of regulations 5 and 8 of these Regulations every animal shall, if so required by the Inspector, upon being landed in Belize, be removed by such means and subject to such conditions as the Inspector may direct to a quarantine depot approved by the Chief Agricultural Officer for the purpose of quarantine and shall there be kept in quarantine for such period as the Inspector may direct. Such directions shall be given on a form as set out in Form A of the First Schedule to these Regulations. First Schedule. (2) The release from quarantine of any animal shall be subject to, and dependent upon, the result of re-inspection and of any diagnostic examination and any tests which the Inspector may deem necessary to employ for the detection of disease. (3) Notwithstanding the expiry of the period of quarantine directed by the Inspector under subregulation (1) of this regulation no animal shall be removed from any quarantine depot without the prior written permission of the Inspector on a form as set out in Form B of the First Schedule to these Regulations. First Schedule. Such permission may be either unconditional or subject to such conditions as may be specified therein. 528
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