Section 10
Amendment of section 11
of Animals (Amendment) Act 2013
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 10 of 26
Section 10
Section 11 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) If any animal or bird examined by an enforcement officer for the purposes of importation is found to be suffering from injury which in the opinion of the enforcement officer cannot be relieved, the enforcement officer may cause such animal or bird to be destroyed at once and its carcass to be disposed of in such manner as he may direct.”; and
(b)
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1A) The destruction and disposal under subsection (1)
shall be conducted without undue delay and in accordance with the procedures prescribed under