New Zealand: Acts affecting Native Lands, 1886, 1888-91 and 1894-95

Sheep Infected With Lice

Sheep Infected With Lice.

49.	If any Inspector is satisfied that any sheep in a flock areNotice to dip sheep infected with lice. infected with lice, he may give the owner a written notice to dip such flock forthwith to the satisfaction of the said Inspector, or any other Inspector; but if the Inspector is satisfied that such sheep are intended and fit for slaughter he may postpone the giving of such notice to din for a neriod not exceeding one month. Every such owner who refuses, neglects, or fails to comply withPenalty for neglect to dip after notice. such notice within a period of one month from the giving thereof is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than five pounds; and, if after the expiration of three months from the date of such conviction such sheep shall not be dipped to the satisfaction of any Inspector, such owner shall, upon conviction, be liable to a further penalty not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than twenty pounds, and so on for each and every succeeding period of three months.
50.	Section fifty-four shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to all sheepPenalty for removing sheep infected with lice. infected with lice, and to every person who drives or depastures or suffers such sheep to stray as mentioned in the aforesaid section: page 16 Provided that, for the purposes of this section, the aforesaid section fifty-four shall be read as if the words five pounds and one pound had been inserted therein in the place of the words one hundred pounds and five pounds respectively.
51.	If sheep infected with lice found in public yard, &c., owner liable to penalty. If any sheep infected with lice shall be found in any pound, or in any public yard or yards, or in any yard or yards, or on any run or other place at which sheep are offered for sale, the owner of the sheep so infected shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds nor less than one pound. The Inspector may give such owner notice in writing to dip such sheep forthwith to the satisfaction of the said Inspector or any other Inspector; and every such owner who refuses, neglects, or fails to comply with the aforesaid notice within a period of fourteen days from the giving thereof is liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds nor less than one pound. But, if the Inspector is satisfied that such sheep are intended for immediate slaughter, he may withhold such notice to dip.
52.	Ewes need not be dipped during lambing-time. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or any notice given thereunder, it shall not be necessary to dip any ewe infected with lice during such time previous to or after her lambing as the Inspector may appoint; and for such purpose any Inspector may, in respect of ewes, extend any notice to dip for such time as he shall think fit.
53.	Owner of sheep must prepare dip. Every owner of sheep infected with lice is liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds if, within one month after he has received a written notice from an Inspector to dip such sheep, he has not prepared a dip, with all necessary requisites, for dipping such sheep, either on his own land or elsewhere conveniently within reach. A dip, in relation to sheep infected with lice, means any fixed or movable appliance which the Inspector shall think sufficient for the purpose of dipping sheep so infected.